The Batangas II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BATELEC II), which is touted as the country’s biggest among league of rural power utilities, has signed a deal with Aboitiz Power Corporation (APC) for power supply sourcing from the latter’s “Cleanergy” brand.
The power supply agreement (PSA) inked by the parties entails the procurement of 3.0MW of electric capacity by BATELEC II from the Tiwi and Makiling-Banahaw (MakBan) geothermal plants of the Aboitiz group.
In addition, AP Renewables, Inc. (APRI), a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power that is in-charge of operating the Tiwi and MakBan plants, will also be supplying BATELEC II with a 20-MW emergency power supply for a period of one year or from December 26, 2019 to December 25, 2020.
The Batangas electric cooperative has rated peak demand of 132 megawatts, hence, it is manifest that it will just be sourcing a marginal portion of its supply portfolio from the geothermal facilities of AP