Socsksargen Presentation on CFPP- National Coal Summit

Certificate of Endorsement issued by the Department of Energy (DoE) July 27, 2007

Public scoping August 12, 2008 Public hearing February 26, 2009 ECC released April 28, 2009 Proposed construction: 4th quarter

2009

SM 200 is owned by Conal Holdings Corporation

Conal Holdings Corporation is owned by a Filipino firm Alcantara Consolidated Resources, Inc. (60%), and EGCO-BVI (40%)

EGCO-BVI is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Electricity Generating Company (EGCO) of Thailand and is registered in the British Virgin Islands

Conal owns 80% of Alsing Power Holdings, Inc.

Alsing owns 55% of Western Mindanao Power Corporation operating a 100 MW bunker C-fired power plant in Zamboanga City

Alsing also owns 55% of Southern Philippines Power Corporation operating a bunker C-fired power plant 55 MW in Alabel, Sarangani Province

Conal also owns 64.5% of Northern Mindanao Power Corporation which operates a 90MW bunker C-fired power plant in Iligan City

Conal owns 26% of Quezon Power Limited Inc., which operates a 460 MW coal-fired power plant in Mauban, Quezon Province

Owned by the Alcantara Family – one the loggers in the past decades

Own 26% of the Tampakan project Holds political position in the province

(Dominguez-Alcantara clan rules the province of Sarangani. )

The project costs $450 million or Php21.3 billion, and Conal executives revealed the International Finance Corporation of World Bank expressed interests in the funding of the project

SM200 will use Fluidized Combustion BedTechnology (uses lime to trap some, not all, sulfur and other effluents but not carbon, mercury, lead, etc.)

Progressive up to 900 MW in the next years.

The CFPP will use 55has for the location of the Plant

It can generate new jobs (construction workers, plant workers,

dressmakers for the employee’s uniform, watchers of the carbon sink, etc)

It will lower electricity cost at the consumer level

It will invite new investors Clean-coal technology will be used. They

have a 7,500 ha carbon sink (mango and rubber trees) with Endesa Carbono and NEFCO interested for funding

a. Maasim Sarangani Province is rich in Marine Products (located near the sea Bay of General Santos City- TUNA CAPITAL of the Pgilippines)

b. Major Source of Livelihood in Maasim is Fishing

c. The major effects of this Coal-Fired Power Plant is the destruction of the Marine Industry in Maasim, andn the neighboring areas of Kiamba and Maitum.

d. 400 households will be affected

“Tinoto-Tampuan Reef” is among the best dive walls in the country and is even a declared protected area by the local government of Maasim.

Sarangani Bay is declared protected seascape

Sarangani Bay people live by the fishing industry

a. Magsasaka/Mangingisda- kasama natin angPamalakaya-SP sa campaign, a. Panggitnang Saray- hati ang stand sa isyu sa CFPPSa stand ng Business they encourage na hindi mag biasa. Simbahan- kasama natin ang Simbahan sa Kampanya sa Oposisyon ng CFPP- nabuo ang Isang alyansa SOCSARGEN-Climate Action NowKasama ang ibang mga grupo. May mga activity na magkasama with Churchd. Lokal na Pamahalaan- nagpasa ng Resolutionang General Santos City Council opposing Coal Fired Power PlantAng Maasim LGU ay kinakampanya ang CFPPAt ang Sarangani Province ay kinakampanya rin ang CFPP dahil ito ay balwarte ng Dominguez.

a. Submit Oppostion Letter to General Santos City Councilb. Piket rally infront EMB 12 and submit letter

to DENR Secretary Atienza to revoke the ECC issued

to CONALc. Mass Mobilizations- nabibitbit parati ang

issued. Press Statements- BAYAN- Socsksargen, Socsksargends-agenda, PAMALAKAYA-

Sarangani

Higlight is Sept. 14, 2009 Big Rally in Maasim

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Our Calls1. Stop the construction of SM

2002. Respect the rights of

Maasim people to say No to SM 200

3. Sustainable livelihood projects instead of coal-fired power plants.

4. Pursue renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power plants.

5. End the use of dirty energy.