Scheduled NGCP Power Interruption on Sunday, October 2, 2011

CAGAYAN ELECTRIC POWER & LIGHT CO., INC
 
Important Notice to CEPALCO Customers
Subject: Scheduled NGCP Power Interruption on Sunday, October 2, 2011
 
The Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co., Inc. (CEPALCO) would like to inform all customers that the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has advised CEPALCO that power supply will be interrupted on October 2, 2011 as shown below:
 
Reasons:
NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (NGCP) WILL CONDUCT ANNUAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE WORKS OF THE 100-MVA POWER TRANSFORMER AND ITS ASSOCIATED 69KV HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT AT THEIR APLAYA SUBSTATION. TO MAKE USE OF THE INTERRUPTION, CEPALCO WILL CONDUCT LINE MAINTENANCE WORKS AT OUR TAGOLOAN SUBSTATION AND ALONG VILLANUEVA–JASAAN 34.5/69KV CIRCUITS. TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THE SAID INTERRUPTION, CEPALCO WILL SHIFT THE SUPPLY OF TAGOLOAN SUBSTATION TO ANOTHER SOURCE.
 
Date:
 
Sunday, October 2, 2011
A. Interruption Time:
6:00 AM – 6:00 PM (12 hours)
 
Affected Areas:
M2 - NPC APLAYA SUPPLY (JASAAN -TAGOLOAN 69-KV CIRCUIT):
1.  SWL Enterprises, Mohon, Tagoloan.
2.  Resins Inc., Jasaan
3.  Cargill Plant, Villanueva
 
TAGOLOAN FEEDER #2 AREAS (34.5-KV):
1.  All the municipalities and barangays of Villanueva and Jasaan.
2.  All the Barangays of Sta. Cruz, Mohon, Sta. Ana, and Sto. Rosario, Tagoloan including Kimaya, Villanueva.
 
B. Interruption Time:
6:00 AM – 8:00 AM (2 hours) Switching works
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (2 hours) Switching works
 
Affected Areas:
TAGOLOAN FEEDER #1 AREAS (34.5-KV):
1.  Portion of Natumulan down to Casinglot, Tagoloan.
2.  All the Barangays of Bugo, Puerto, Tin-ao, Agusan, Tablon, Baloy, Cugman, Gusa, and greater portion of Lapasan.
3.  Portion of Lapasan-Camaman-an road from Recto Ave. towards Limketkai Commercial Center including Grand Caprice Restaurant.
4.  All of Osmeña St. and portion of Cogon Market Area including Roxas St. towards portion of JR Borja St..
5.  Upper Gusa, Indahag, Malasag, FS Catanico and Balubal.
6.  Agora Market area including Gaabucayan St..
7.  DMPI plantation, MENZI Agri, etc.
 
TAGOLOAN FEEDER #2 AREAS (34.5-KV):
1.  Portion of Natumulan, greater Tagoloan proper, all the Barangays of Baluarte, Pulot, Sugbongcogon, and Gracia, Tagoloan.
 
 
Power will however be restored immediately without further notice
when line maintenance works of NGCP and CEPALCO are completed earlier than scheduled.
 
We hope the affected customers and the public in general
will be guided by this announcement. Thank you.
 
 
 
Released by:
Ms. Marilyn A. Chavez
Senior Manager
Customer & Community Relations Dept.

Philippine Markets: 27 September 2011

27 September 2011

USD/PhP:    43.87 + 0.29            PSEi:       3721.22           - 164.74

USD/JPY:    76.31             PFINC:             841.96           -   35.95

EUR/USD:    1.3531                  BDO:         46.25      -   2.25

GBP/USD:    1.5572                  BPI:          51.00      -   2.90

PDSTF3M:    3.9727                  MBT:          60.10            -   1.95

Prices as of  4:00pm                Source: Bloomberg, Reuters

PHILIPPINE MARKETS CLOSED DUE TO TYPHOON

‘Pedring’ slams Luzon; baby drowns

BRAVING ‘PEDRING’. Maintenance crew from the Department of Public Works and

Highways brave strong winds to clear Agham road in Quezon City of fallen

trees caused by Typhoon “Pedring”. Maximum winds of 140 kilometers per hour

with gustiness of up to 170 kilometers per hour have been recorded by the

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services

Administration (Pagasa). MATIKAS SANTOS/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon “Pedring” (international codename: Nesat)

slammed into the Philippines Tuesday, killing at least one person, a baby,

as it brought heavy rain and strong wind that blew away roofs, uprooted

small trees and toppled power lines.

The Philippines endures about 20 storms annually, many of them deadly, but

authorities warned that Pedring was one of the largest to hit the country

this year with its rain and wind path twice as big as average storms.

“This typhoon is very wide in diameter, about 650 kilometers [400 miles],

and covers most of [the main island of] Luzon,” Science Undersecretary

Graciano Yumul, who supervises the country’s weather bureau, told

reporters.

Pedring hit the northeastern side of Luzon before dawn, bringing maximum

sustained winds of up to 140 kilometers (87 miles) an hour and gusts

clocking in at 170 kilometers an hour.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said a baby

died when he fell into a swollen river in the eastern province of

Catanduanes.

Four other people were missing and there were fears the death toll would

rise throughout the day.

The agricultural provinces of Isabela and Aurora were the most heavily

affected initially, although storm alerts were also hoisted in over 40

other areas, including Metro Manila, the state weather bureau said.

The presidential palace announced the suspension of all classes and work

for government agencies in Manila and other affected areas.

Some roads around Manila, a sprawling megacity of more than 12 million

people, were impassable on Tuesday morning due to flooding and falling

debris, including branches that had been ripped off trees.

The Philippine Stock Exchange also suspended trading, while operations of

Manila’s main overhead railway system ground to a halt due to a power

outage, stranding passengers in the morning rush hour, officials said.

BDO UNIBANK, INC.

Jonathan Ravelas

Chief Market Strategist

(632) 858-3145

Palm oil offers new lifeline for Mindanao

BY MADELAINE FAYE D. CABRERA

Malaya Business Insight

THE Philippines is on the way to becoming a major player in the global palm oil industry, which is dominated by neighbors Malaysia and Indonesia.

In Mindanao, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has identified at least 304,350 hectares as potential areas for oil palm tree plantations.

Local companies are slowly taking on the challenge after initial forays proved the profitability of the business.

Nakeen Corp., for example, a wholly owned subsidiary of A. Brown Energy and Resources Development Inc., is seeking to expand its plantation to 1,000 hectares by 2012.

Fernando S. Mercurio, operations manager of A. Brown Energy, said palm oil is emerging as a new lifeline for the island of Mindanao.

"And because of that, we plan to expand by 400 hectares more," he said.

The current 600-hectare plantation, which needed P174 million in investments, involves the cultivation of oil palm trees in Sitio Tingalan, Salawaga, Opol, Misamis Oriental.

"A total of 300 hectares has already been planted and our target is 50 hectares per month in planting," Mercurio said.

The area was formerly a ranch.

Nakeen’s application for an additional 400 hectares to be covered by a 25-year lease under the DENR’s Upland Agro-Forestry Program, is awaiting government approval.

"Those lands are found to be timberlands, so we are entering into an agreement with people’s organizations. The deal is called Community-based Forest Management Agreement involving three participants, namely, DENR, A. Brown and people’s agreement," Mercurio said.

Mercurio said A. Brown Energy aims to plant around 10,000 hectares to oil palm trees by 2015.

Manny Boniao and Dr. Rolly Dy of the University of Asia and the Pacific gave the encouragement to Walter Bwron, chairman of the Brown Group, to go into the business of palm oil production.

Dy, who has been studying the production of palm oil in Malaysia and Indonesia, said Mindanao has better climatic conditions, making it an ideal place for the crop.

"Mr. Brown saw it as a sunshine industry," Mercurio said.

Among the provinces in Mindanao, Surigao del Sur has the biggest potential for palm oil plantation with 93,790 hectares.

Bukidnon has 65,090 hectares; Zamboanga del Sur, 31.430 hectares; Surigao del Norte, 31,360 hectares; South Cotabato, 17,000 hectares; Misamis Oriental, 11,440 hectares; Agusan del Norte and Misamis Occidental, 10,370 hectares each; Maguindanao, 9,270 hectares; Zamboanga del Norte, 7,530 hectares; Agusan del Sur, 7,490 hectares; Davao Oriental, 6,220 hectares; Sultan Kudarat, 5,630 hectares; Lanao del Sur, 3,280 hectares; Davao del Norte, 2,070 hectares; Cotabato, 1,180 hectares; and Lanao del Norte, 830 hectares.

Palm oil is a basic ingredient in making soap, cosmetics, ointments, vitamins, and candles, and has plastic and oleo-chemical applications.

Its is used for cooking and baking.

Oil palm trees, which grow up to 30 feet tall and live for 25 years, bear small reddish fruits in large bunches called fresh fruit bunches (FFB).

"Fruiting starts three years from planting. The average weight of FFB is around 25 kilos," said Mercurio.

For A. Brown Energy’s projects, oil palm seedlings will be imported from Thailand and Papua New Guinea while farm inputs such as fertilizer and other inputs will be sourced from local suppliers, Mercurio said.

"We already made our order last August and we order every year. These by the way are germinated seeds. We ordered around 200,000 seeds in 2010. About 100,000 seeds arrived last September 15," he said.

A one-year-old seedling costs around P220.

At present, Philippine demand for palm oil is more than 67,000 metric tons a year and rising sharply, Mercurio said.

"The price of palm oil is getting better. I have noticed that the demand is high but unfortunately the supply is still low," he added.

The major player in the local palm oil industry are Filipinas Palm Plantations Industries Inc., Agusan Plantations Inc. and Kenram Philippines Inc.

The three processors are all located in Mindanao, with an aggregate production capacity of 78 metric tons per hour.