Electricity consumers in Luzon may expect higher bills as a result of the thin power supply in Luzon, which caused yellow and red alerts to be raised for three straight days early this week, the Department of Energy said Saturday.
Power consumers in Luzon, including Metro Manila, still have to brace for rotating brownouts this coming week, as the Department of Energy (DOE) warned of..
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A House investigation on the Luzon power deficit left lawmakers with more questions than answers as the island group faced rotating blackouts for three straight days early this week.
DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE Facebook page)
This, as Cusi acknowledged the “damage” caused to 348 vials of Coronavac–the vaccine manufactured by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd.–by a power outage in Makilala town, North Cotabato and the subsequent boo-boo of municipal workers there.
“I urge the diligence of everyone concerned so that this incident will not happen again. We cannot afford negligence or even a simple overlook to derail and affect the government’s vaccination drive,” he said in a statement over the weekend.
The DOE chief said that as per the report of Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco), a power outage occurred in Makilala at around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 7 that lasted for one hour and 30 minutes.