The Philippine Competition Commission has started its investigation into simultaneous unscheduled shutdowns of select power plants which led to thin power supply in Luzon this week, forcing rotational brownouts.
The Department of Energy (DOE) has stressed that it wants "compliance" from power plants, distribution utilities (DUs), and other industry players when it comes to the rules it is implementing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
DOE Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella (PCOO / F
The Philippine power grid operator warned on Wednesday of further outages on the island of Luzon, which is home to more than half of the country's 110 million people, after electricity supplies were hit by power plant shutdowns.
'I'm not the only guy running DOE. I trust my team,' says Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi after he was criticized for presiding over a party meeting while many areas in Luzon suffered from rotational blackouts
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippine, June 3) No rotational power outages in Luzon can be expected on Thursday, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines.
NGCP Spokesperson Cynthia Alabanza told CNN Philippines
The Source that there are no foreseeable indications of power interruptions for the day, citing lower demand and cooler temperature. Right now, the grid is under normal condition so we don t foresee any power interruptions today, she said.
Alabanza said a big power plant went online on Wednesday, which already prompted the agency to lift the red and yellow alert status for the Luzon power grid.
On Monday afternoon, the NGCP placed the Luzon grid on red alert from 1 to 3 p.m., which meant rotational brownouts are expected to manage thin supply and growing demand. This continued the following day and was even extended to longer hours.