DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Mindanao needs additional power generation facilities to meet growing demand, with current reserves sufficient for only another four to five years, according to warnings raised during the Davao City Council’s Tuesday session. Councilor Louie John Bonguyan, chair of the Committee on Energy and Water, said Department of Energy officials reported that Mindanao currently holds a power reserve of 729 to 1,000 megawatts. “If only the power plants in Mindanao served Mindanao alone. Sissay called for greater investment in renewable energy over coal dependence, noting that a coal-fired plant near Toril has not provided adequate supply. The Feed-in Tariff Allowance (FIT-ALL) rose from ?0.2011 per kilowatt-hour to ?0.3359 beginning the August billing period—a charge supporting renewable energy developers under the Renewable Energy Act.