Pipol's power ppt
- 1. Women & Children Leading the Fight to Keep Mindanao’s Hydropower Resources in People’s Hands
- 2. How We Got Started Dr. Melchie Ambalong, Mindanao Commission on Women (MCW) Vice- Chair, is also Chair Emerita of the Lanao Power Consumers Federation (LAPOCOF) She has been a power sector reform advocate even before the EPIRA law was passed in 2001
- 3. Why it is a Women’s Issue Women are the major users of energy Our electricity bill accounts for nearly 15% of the household budget so any increase in power rates has an impact on our budget Access to electricity is important to women’s productive and reproductive roles so lack of access exacerbates the burden on women Women’s ability to participate and voice their energy needs in decision-making at all levels of the energy system is critical to any reform of the power sector.
- 4. Mindanao women are breaking the silence and asserting their right to be heard on Mindanao’s vast energy resources
- 5. Starting with Agus Pulangi The Agus Pulangi Hydropower Complex supplies 52% of Mindanao’s electricity needs Under the EPIRA law, it was up for privatization by 2011
- 6. The EPIRA Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) or Republic Act 9136 passed on June 26, 2001 after seven years of congressional debate and court cases It has three main objectives: (1) to develop indigenous resources; (2) to cut the high cost of power in the Philippines; and (3) to privatize power assets to pay off NAPOCOR’s debts It requires state-owned utility National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) to break-up its vertically integrated assets into smaller sub-sectors such as generation, transmission, distribution and supply for privatization
- 7. Selling NAPOCOR’s Assets In 2001, two subsidiary companies were created: National Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO) to assume Napocor’s substation and transmission assets Private Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation to handle the privatization of NAPOCOR’s assets and the management of its liabilities
- 8. What EPIRA Has Done In 2008, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), a private corporation, got the franchise to manage, operate and maintain TRANSCO’s power transmission function effectively privatizing the country’s power transmission As system operator of the power grid, NGCP has the sole power to decide who gets electricity when and for how much PSALM has privatized more than 91% of all NAPOCOR power plants yet the debt remains at US$16.7 Billion (as of September 2011), more than the original debt of US$16.4 Billion in 2001 before the passage of EPIRA
- 9. Environmental Charge Section 34 of EPIRA provides that all power consumers must pay an Environmental Charge of P0.0025 per kilowatt hour monthly to be used solely for watershed rehabilitation and management Collections and disbursements as of March 31, 2010: Total Collection P 775,249,304.76 Availments P 338,928,492.72 Balance P 436,320,812.04
- 10. Lanao-Agus Reforestation ILIGAN CITY Total Area: 194,160 hectares Lanao del MARAWI Norte CITY Forested: 151,094 hectares Without Forest Cover: 43,066 hectares NAPOCOR reforestation from 1992-present: 2,004 Lanao del hectares only Sur
- 11. Pulangi Reforestation Total Area: 1.8 M hectares, second largest in the country Watershed Reservation: 309,750 hectares Without Forest Cover: 192,368 hectares or 60% is devoid of trees Reforested as of 2006: 500 hectares only
- 12. Where do the hundreds of millions of pesos collected as “environmental charge” for reforestation go? Who is responsible and accountable for it?
- 13. Impact on Power Rates June 2001 March 2011 Average Retail Price Average Retail Price Luzon P 5.32/Kwh Luzon P 9.84/Kwh Visayas P 5.21/Kwh Visayas P 8.19/Kwh Mindanao P 3.52/Kwh Mindanao P 6.70/Kwh
- 14. EPIRA is an Epic Failure It did not reduce power costs. Privatization of NAPOCOR’s assets did not pay off its debt, but increased it. Power capacity was not increased, there are more brownouts instead.
- 15. And yet the sale goes on... Agus River, 36.5 km Pulangi River, 320 km
- 16. The People of Mindanao have clearly spoken.
- 17. House Initiatives House Bill No. 7106 filed by Iligan City, Lanao del Norte Rep. Vicente Varf Belmonte excluding Agus Pulangi Hydropower Complex from privatization House Resolution No. 107 deferring the sale of Agus Pulangi Hydropower Complex pending review of EPIRA
- 18. Senate Initiatives Senate Bill No. 3182 filed by Senator Gregorio Honasan II excluding Agus Pulangi Hydropower Complex from privatization Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile has pushed for the review of EPIRA
- 19. Multi-Sectoral Opposition Lanao Power Consumers Federation Mindanao Commission on Women Confederation of Mindanao Governors and Mayors Mindanao Congressional Bloc Various local government units in Mindanao Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Coops Mindanao Chambers of Commerce Regional Development Councils Freedom from Debt Coalition NAPOCOR Employees Association
- 20. We Oppose Privatization Because Agus Pulangi Hydropower Complex (APHC), which is the source of more than half of Mindanao’s electricity needs, keeps our cost of power relatively low and cheaper than the rest of the country Because passing on ownership of APHC to private hands will be giving the new private sector owner excessive market power controlling 51% of Mindanao market and power grid (a violation of EPIRA)
- 21. We Oppose Privatization Because electricity is a public utility and a basic need, it should not be traded like any other commodity Because private power costs more, at least 20% more Because in a privatized electricity system, the price of electricity is driven up by the added costs of profits, higher returns for the banks that finance private power projects and the fees of many consultants and brokers
- 22. We Oppose Privatization Because Agus River and Pulangi River, which come from Lake Lanao, are part of the ancestral domain of Mindanao’s indigenous peoples notably the Maranao, the Pulangiyon Manobo, and the Higa-unon Because selling this ancestral domain to the highest bidder will stand in the way of a peaceful settlement between the GRP and the MILF Because Mindanao’s vast hydropower resource is our children’s heritage, it should not belong to one private owner
- 23. We Oppose Privatization Because privately-owned electrical utilities have a poor track record in terms of undertaking environmentally-responsible initiatives unless there is a lot of money to be made so it is a climate crisis risk Because the power industry structure in the Philippines is geared towards monopoly/oligopoly rather than competition Because market demand is too small in Mindanao for there to be enough players to compete in a level playing field
- 24. We do not want to sell the Agus Pulangi Hydropower Complex because it is our people’s treasure. It keeps our power cost low and earns money for the government.
- 25. Agus Pulangi is NOT Losing It is a NET EARNER The P15 B reported losses are actually paper losses (representing depreciation and amortization) It actually subsidizes the payment for If properly maintained and when onerous IPP IPP contracts of losing assets contracts from the expire, it is projected to increase past administration more than four times its current net earnings
- 26. PNoy’s Response to Power Crisis: Pay more or live with brownouts!
- 27. Because PNoy insists on privatizing Agus Pulangi, the people will “buy” the power complex collectively. We will “buy” it so that it will be owned by the people now and in the future.
- 28. If there are 21 million people in Mindanao and every man, woman, and child pledges at least P50, we can raise at least P1 Billion in pledges
- 29. Why PIPOL’S POWER? To remind PNoy who his real boss is -- the very people who toppled a dictator and installed the country’s first woman president, his mother Power -- political and electrical -- must remain in people’s hands From “outage” to “outrage” -- collective action will change the people’s feeling of powerlessness to being powerful
- 30. Women and Children Lead PIPOL’S POWER
- 31. Here’s how you can join us...
- 32. Set up a Pipol’s Power Pledging Station in your community.
- 33. Organize a forum to make people aware of the issues.
- 34. Lobby Your Representatives to Change the Law Both Houses of Congress (Senate & HoR) Provincial/City/Municipal/Barangay Councils
- 35. Join Our Online Campaign http://pipolspower.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pipolspowerproject https://twitter.com/PipolsPower
- 36. Before he delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 23, 2012... Let’s show PNoy Mindanao’s Power. Let’s show PNoy who’s the boss. Now na!