{"id":236377,"date":"2019-11-02T22:26:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T02:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=236377"},"modified":"2019-11-02T22:26:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T02:26:36","slug":"access-to-mt-apo-geothermal-power-plant-restored-doe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/02\/access-to-mt-apo-geothermal-power-plant-restored-doe\/","title":{"rendered":"Access to Mt. Apo geothermal power plant restored: DOE"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_165908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165908\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Energy-Secretary-Alfonso-Cusi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165908\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Energy-Secretary-Alfonso-Cusi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Energy-Secretary-Alfonso-Cusi.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Energy-Secretary-Alfonso-Cusi-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cAccess to the site has been restored and the power plant complex is also now accessible. Clearing operations will continue to restore access across the rest of the site,\u201d Cusi said. (PNA file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Saturday said access to the Mt. Apo geothermal power plant has been restored after the road leading to the complex was blocked by fallen rocks and debris due to quakes that struck parts of Mindanao the past days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccess to the site has been restored and the power plant complex is also now accessible. Clearing operations will continue to restore access across the rest of the site,\u201d Cusi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith access to site restored, civil and structural assessments of all infrastructure(s) will commence today, together with mechanical and electrical inspections of the generating facilities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cusi said two of its power plants &#8212; M1 and M2 &#8212; remain \u201cinoperational as these are on turning gear operation in accordance with safety operating protocol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He assured that \u201call reasonable steps necessary to safely restart operations\u201d as soon as possible are being taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also in communication with the NGCP (National Grid Corp. of the Philippines) with view to the restoration of the NGCP Kidapawan Substation, through which our plants export power into the Mindanao Grid. We will continue to keep you abreast of developments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Saturday said access to the Mt. Apo geothermal power plant has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":165908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236378,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236377\/revisions\/236378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}