DOE directs Hedcor to continue operating Bakun hydro facility Owing to its mandate of ensuring sufficient power supply for the country, the Department of Energy (DOE) has directed Hedcor Inc. to continue running the three generating units of its 70-megawatt Bakun hydropower facility in Benguet province. The power plant had been served with cease and desist order (CDO) last week by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Cordillera Administrative Region (NCIP-CAR), but it prevailed upon the legal determination of the DOE that it will be detrimental to consumers interest if that whimsical decision of another government agency will pull the plug on the facilitys operation. In a letter to Hedcor, a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation, the energy department stipulated that the three generating units Lower Labay, Lon-oy and FLS of the Bakun hydropower asset, must continue operating given the shortage of available capacity from the grid caused by the unavailability of large power plants as well as de-rated operation of operating power plants. Coincidentally, hydro plants are perceptibly most dependable on their scale of generation during these times of the year because of the kick-off of the rainy season; therefore, they can help ease the very wobbly state of power supply in Luzon grid as demand climbs due to the wider re-opening of some core segments of the economy.