POWER LINK BET. PALAWAN, SABAH EYED

A private sector group has been pushing for a partnership for the power interconnection between Palawan and Sabah, the Department of Energy (DOE) said. This was discussed during a recent Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Power and Energy Cluster meeting. DOE Assistant Secretary Leonido Pulido III, in behalf of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, chaired the discussions of the Power and Energy Infrastructure Cluster. According to Pulido, the key output of the cluster meeting is the formulation of the nine-year Power and Energy Infrastructure Cluster (PEIC) Roadmap for the different sub-sectors, such as for Power Interconnection, Renewable Energy (RE), Rural Electrification and Sub-Regional Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) rolling pipeline project as input to the final BIMP-EAGA vision.