By Lenie Lectura – February 26, 2019 from Business Mirror THE country's first coal-fired power plant to use supercritical technology is 97-percent complete, with commercial operation set later this year. San Buenaventura Power Ltd. (SBPL), a partnership between Meralco PowerGen (MGen) and New Growth BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Electricity Generating Public Co. Ltd. (Egco Group) of Thailand, is constructing a 500-megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant in Mauban, Quezon. Egco, in its management discussion analysis, said the construction of the project has progressed 97.38 percent and the commercial operation date is scheduled in the fourth quarter of 2019. The electricity to be generated by the plant will be sold to Meralco, the country's largest distribution utility, under a 20-year power supply agreement. This project would bring in additional revenues to Meralco in 2020.