BAKUN, Benguet: The Bakun municipal government ordered the stoppage of operation of the three mini-hydro power plants owned and operated by the Hydroelectric Development Corp. (Hedcor) Inc. after the company failed to renew its 25-year memorandum of agreement with the host communities and the local government.
Mayor Bill Raymundo, together with municipal council members, recently served the halt order to the Bakun hydro plants after the company was unable to obtain a business permit to continue its operation within the jurisdiction of the local government. Luzon Hydro also failed to secure a temporary restraining order.
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