General Santos City council members are presently contemplating whether to back or rebuff the proposed project.
Earlier, the Maasim municipal government approved the proposed coal station project, which is likely to commence construction by October 2009 in Sitio Tampuan, Barangay Kamanga, Maasim targeted by proponent Conal.
Conal is making an investment of $450 million on the plant, which was viewed by the government as among the power sources that will help steady Mindanao’s power needs prior to the anticipated power supply deficit by 2012.
Aniceto Lopez Jr. Maasim mayor earlier asserted that the proposed coal plant is being supported by most of his stakeholders and constituents of the Makima area, which may become Sarangani province’s special economic zone.
