Vince Perez - PNOC-EDC Director

I didn’t know that Vicente “Vince” Perez, the former Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary, is one of the directors of PNOC-EDC, even at First Gen’s control of the geothermal company. And it’s good to have him as a director because his vast experience in energy sector would guide the company to the right direction, assuming he’s honest to goodness of the company’s vision. Remember that he was then an appointee of GMA in the DOE.

I read from his website, www.vinceperez.net, that he is an active supporter of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) so I hope he will lay the path for the completion of EDC’s wind power plant projects;

PNOC-EDC to build wind power facilities
By Donnabelle L. Gatdula
Monday, May 12, 2008

The PNOC-Energy Development Corp. (PNOC-EDC), majority-owned by the Lopez family, will push through with the development of wind power projects having a combined capacity of 140 megawatts (MW), a company official said.

PNOC-EDC director and former Energy Secretary Vincent Perez said the new owner (Lopez group) of the company is “reviewing the feasibility of the wind power projects”.

Department of Energy (DOE) director Mario Marasigan confirmed Perez’ statement, saying that PNOC-EDC’s wind power projects form part of the indicative power project of DOE.

As proposed, the project will be done in three phases: 42 MW for Phase I, 40-60 MW for Phase 2 and 10-20 MW for the third phase. Another 20-MW of wind power project is also being eyed by the company in Ilocos Norte.