DoE eyes Batangas lot as energy city

THE Department of Energy (DoE) is looking at converting a 120-hectare land in San Pascual, Batangas, the subject of an “onerous” land deal between Chevron Philippines Inc. and the subsidiary of the National Development Co. (NDC), into an energy city, its top official said.

In an interview, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said “what we want to do there with that place is to be the, to be [an] energy city also.”