The regulation of existing hydropower plants in Lake Lanao, a major source of power in Mindanao, will remain primarily under the concerned national government agencies, GPH peace panel chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer clarified during the continuation of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee hearings on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), or House Bill 4994 on October 8. “However, as host community to the power plants, the local governments concerned shall continue to benefit from the resource use fees that are allocated to it,” the government negotiator said. “Moreover, there will cooperation and coordination between the two levels of governments to ensure harmonious and effective utilization of the waters.” Lake Lanao falls within the provincial boundaries of Lanao del Sur, one of the five provinces in the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and is part of the envisioned core territory of the proposed Bangsamoro political entity. According to Section 3 of Article V of the bill, “when power generation, transmission, and distribution facilities are connected to the national transmission grid, the Central Government and the Bangsamoro Government shall cooperate and coordinate through the intergovernmental relations mechanism.” The intergovernmental relations body is a joint national-Bangsamoro secretariat that will be put up to facilitate interaction between relevant national agencies and their Bangsamoro counterparts. opapp.gov.ph/milf/news/government-peace-panel-chair-clarifies-lake-lanao-concerns
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:22:32 +0000
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