Economic analysis of environmental impacts of power plants in the Philippines

Date

2005

Abstract

The integration of the environmental dimension in the energy project planning and implementation of selected power projects was evaluated. The Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) Evaluation Guidelines and Procedures, the actual practice of project evaluation, and the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of various energy projects in the country were analyzed. In actual practice, evaluation of power projects often includes only the investment and operating and maintenance costs and the benefits from revenues generated by the plant. However. existing policies/guidelines, specifically the ICC Guidelines and Procedures and the EIS Guidelines (DAO 96-37) provide that environmental evaluation to be done for these projects prior to implementation. These two policies were further analyzed to recommend means to reconcile and streamline the procedures for amore substantive evaluation process. A review of the samples EIS documents also revealed that costs of environmental impacts are not included in the economic evaluation of these projects. Suggestions were made to revisit the scoping guidelines and, if possible, add a provision to explicitly require the proponent cost estimates of environmental impacts in the evaluation. Environmental cost data is essential in presenting information to distinguish between power generation projects with less environmental impacts.

Document Type

Master Thesis

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 995 2005 E8 A43

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