Davao
City Mayor and Regional Development Council (RDC) XI chairperson Sara Z.
Duterte-Carpio cited the establishment of a one-stop-shop for small renewable
energy projects in Mindanao as one of her favorite accomplishments.
“We
are trying to find a solution to Mindanao’s power problem just like the
hydropower electricity plant project and establishing a one-stop-shop will
hopefully encourage the implementation of small renewable energy projects
here,” Duterte-Carpio said in an interview held after her State of the Region
Address Wednesday.
She
said smaller renewable energy projects that can produce 5 to 10 MegaWatts usually find it very time-consuming to go to Manila to process their papers and
get approval for their projects. With the establishment of the one-stop-shop,
she said, the proponents of these projects need not go to Manila anymore
because “inter-agency na ang maghatag sa ilaha diri sa Mindanao (the different
agencies will take care of the permits and papers which will be issued to them
right in Mindanao).”
She
said she is first a mayor before she is an RDC chairperson and her stand has
always been for renewable sources of energy. “I prefer renewable sources of
energy,” she said, and it is because of them that this one-stop shop has been
established.
While
she admitted that climate change might change the water source and can result
to drought or overflowing, she reiterated that the development of renewable
energy source “is our thrust.”
Without
exactly saying it, Duterte-Carpio remains steadfast about her preference for
renewable energy source and her doubts about other energy source like the
coal-powered electric plant.
