Soldiers hold exercises in Batangas power plant.
(By Mei Magsino, Philippine Daily Inquirer Southern Luzon Bureau)
BATANGAS CITY- After persistent reports that communist and terrorist groups would sabotage power plants, and captured terrorists' documents revealed that the most probable target is the Korean Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) in Barangay Ilijan, soldiers and police forces went on an exercise to protect the plant.
Agents posing as fully armed terrorists performed the first attack on the Special Forces' detachment near the power plant and kidnapped a Korean manager to enter the power plant.
Within minutes, the combined forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Southern Luzon Unified Command, the Philippine National Police Regional Office IV-A, and Kepco-Ilijan Corporation's security came to the rescue, eliminated the enemy and even rescued the Korean hostage unharmed.
Unbelievingly fast?
That was just an exercise that the AFP and the PNP staged on Friday at the Kepco grounds to enhance the security of the newest natural-gas power plant in this city that is scheduled for inauguration by President Macapagal-Arroyo on Nov. 14.
The exercise was for the security of the power plant and is part of government efforts to protect all vital installations in the region.
Kepco-Ilijan is a project of the Korean Electric Power Corp. of South Korea, and is expected to save the Philippines an estimated equivalent of 1.6 million barrels of oil and its value in foreign exchange annually.
The power plant has the capacity of 1,200 megawatts generated through a combined cycle process fueled by natural gas from the Malampaya gas field in northern Palawan and piped to the Shell Refinery in Tabangao, Batangas.
Natural gas is recognized as the cheapest among fossil fuels.
Electricity generated by the power plant is seen to boost the power requirements of the Luzon Grid.
The power plant started its operation last June.
Present during the exercise were AFP Solcom chief Maj. Gen. Roy Kyamko, 2nd Infantry Division commanding general Maj. Gen. Efren Abu, PNP Region IV Director Chief Supt. Enrique Galang Jr., exercise director Brig. Gen. Dante Bonifacio, Kepco-Ilijan Vice President Won-Kyung Sung, Batangasprovincial police director Sr. Supt. Rodolfo Magtibay, Batangas City police chief Supt. Restito Hernandez, media persons and Kepco officials. Mei Magsino, PDI Southern Luzon Bureau
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