THE ROTATING power outages in Mindanao are expected to ease by June, when the Steag coal-fired power plant that supplies 200 megawatts to the power grid shall have been fully restored, Presidential Communications Secretary Hermi–nio Coloma Jr. said on Sunday.

In an e-mail message to The Manila Times, Coloma explained that the power crisis that has gripped the region was caused by the supply disruption in February 2014 when the Steag plant lost its entire 200MW capacity.

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