Cusi apologizes for blackouts caused by power deficit
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 3) The Energy chief apologized on Thursday for power outages in Luzon as supply fell short of demand. I apologize for the last two days na nagkaroon ng [when] brownouts [happened], Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said during a Palace briefing, adding that the grid was short by 2,017 megawatts even as the situation was compounded by the heat that raised consumer demand.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) initially placed the Luzon grid on red alert Monday afternoon and announced longer red alert hours on Tuesday. A red alert means power supply is short of projected demand.
Published May 24, 2021, 2:40 PM
The House Committee on Energy on Monday, May 24 approved a bill that would give the Joint Congressional Energy Commission (JCEC) a permanent status, removing in the process its expiration as a body exercising oversight functions on the energy sector.
In a committee hearing alternately presided over by Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (Philreca) Partylist Rep. Presley de Jesus, and Pampanga 1st District Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo, the House panel unanimously approved House Bill 9132 or the JCEC Expiration Act.
The House panel also unanimously adopted the amendments to the measure sought by Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) Partylist Rep. Sergio Dagooc who proposed that the PCEC be granted the power of oversight on the implementation of all laws relating to the energy sector, except the Biofuels Act of 2006 Among the laws identified by Dagooc were Republic Act No. 8479 or the Downstream Oil Deregulation Act of 1998