THE Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the deed of assignment by listed Basic Energy Corp. (BEC) of an 80 percent stake in its Iriga geothermal service contract to local firm Desco Inc.

“Yes, it’s already approved,” Arnel Fronda, division chief of the department’s Geothermal Energy Management Division, said on Wednesday.

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