By Alena Mae
S. Flores | Posted on Jan. 09, 2013 at 12:02am
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Power Sector
Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. said Tuesday it plans to sell the
non-energy related assets of National Power Corp., including resorts and
recreation facilities in Quezon City, Laguna, Cavite and Bataan.
PSALM vice
president Conrad Tolentino said while the agency prioritizes the sale of
government’s power assets, the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001
allows the privatization of “all disposable assets of Napocor.” PSALM manages
the assets and liabilities of Napocor.
A Napocor
source said the power company had developed resorts and recreational facilities
to generate additional income.
Napocor is
also offering resorts and guesthouse facilities as possible tourist
destinations to visitors.
These prime
resorts and facilities include the Camarin Resort in Cavinti, Laguna, Westnuk
Beach Cove in Morong, Bataan, the Puerto Azul Guesthouses in Ternate, Cavite
and sports complex and training rooms in the company’s head office in Quezon
City.
Napocor said
resorts offered the best value from its array of relaxation, recreation, fun,
meeting and banquet facilities.
Napocor owns
the Camarin Guesthouse Resort & Eco Park along the shore of Caliraya Lake
in Laguna. The resort covers seven hectares and offers cottages, cabanas,
seminar rooms and various indoor and outdoor recreational facilities.
Napocor’s
Ocean Villas Executive Guesthouse, meanwhile, is located within the Puerto Azul
Golf & Country Club in Ternate, Cavite.
Napocor is
also offering to tourists two sites in Bataan, namely the Westnuk Beach Cove in
Morong and the Nuclear Power Village Hotel in Bagac, Bataan.
The WestNuk
Beach Cove is situated at the decommissioned Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
complex. The two-hectare property has a four-bedroom clubhouse, with living,
dining, kitchen, and rest and bath facilities. It has recreational facility for
billiards, darts, table tennis, basketball court and karaoke.
The Nuclear
Power Village Hotel, meanwhile, is situated inside the Napocor Resort Village.
The two-story lot has a complete facilities for conferences and trainings.
Napocor needs
around P17.136 billion for the operational requirements of 534 generating units
with total capacity of 278.398 megawatts in 221 off-grid areas around the
country this year alone.
“For 2013,
Napocor’s requirements to pursue electrification will require P17.136 billion,
which covers power generation, transmission activities, including fuel,
subsidies, O and M, some capital investment and personal services,” Napocor
president Froilan Tampinco said earlier
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