DAVAO CITY: After years of severe energy shortages, Mindanao may finally say goodbye to massive rolling blackouts next year when several power plants kick in, President Benigno Aquino 3rd said on Thursday.

In fact, according to the President, Mindanao may even experience a power surplus in 2015 because two major plants, the coal-fired Therma South power plant in Davao del Sur that can generate 300 MW and the 200 MW Southern Mindanao coal-fired power plant in Sarangani will be operational.

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