SUAL, Pangasinan – Residents here welcome
the entry of another coal-fired power plant after they received assurance from
the project proponent that it will not cause pollution in the area.
A group dubbed as Sual Pro-Progress cited
the previous public hearing the
municipal government held to take the pulse of the public over the proposed
plan to put up another power plant in addition to the existing 1,200-megawatt
Sual Coal-Fired Power Plant in barangay Pangascasan.
During the public hearings, officials of
Korean Electric Power Corporation or KEPCO assured the residents that they will
be using the latest technology in producing electricity called the ultra-super
critical coal technology that considerably reduces green gas emission.
They said that majority of the residents
favored the idea of constructing another power plant that would provide jobs
and additional income for the people and the municipality.
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Aside from providing jobs and extra
revenues, a second power plant would ensure stable power supply that is
conducive to economic progress and sustainable growth, they pointed out.
They believed that with stable and cheaper
electricity Sual, under the able leadership of Mayor Lizeldo “Dong” Calugay,
will be able to invite more investors to put up projects and business ventures
in Sual and anywhere else in Pangasinan that would mean more jobs and income
for the people.
The new power plant costs about two
billion US dollars and has a generation capacity of 1,000 megawatts. The
project dovetails with the thrust of Gov. Amado Espino III to attract more
investors as well as to transform Sual town into an Energy City.
In November of 2017, the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan passed a resolution identifying the municipality of Sual as such,
the energy hub of Pangasinan.
Endowed with a clean and deep blue sea and
having been declared as a special economic zone, Sual has become an apple of
the eye of several big-ticket investors ranging from power plant and
petro-chemical operators to ship-repair, seaport and airport companies.
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