E Just Granted Certificate Of Exemption From The Conduct Competitive Selection Process For Emergency Purchase Their Needed Power In An Islanding Operations News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
MANILA - Bringing back the electricity in Bohol has been a challenge for the Department of Energy (DOE) Task Force on Energy Resiliency (TFER), but power in the province is expected to be back late Wednesday night or by Thursday morning. In a press briefing Wednesday, DOE Director Mario Marasigan said the TFER is committed to partially restoring power in Bohol before yearend. "Since we have challenges for the main transmission system interconnection, we just granted Certificate of Exemption from the conduct of competitive selection process for the emergency purchase of their needed power in an islanding operations," Marasigan said pertaining to Bohol Light Company, Inc. (BLCI), a major private power distributor in Bohol. He added that there is now a power barge in Bohol that is ready to partially supply the needs of Bohol Light as well as the other two electric cooperatives in the province. "We are hoping that if not possible later tonight, then probably tomorrow there w