MANILA – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has directed all government agencies to ensure stable power supply amid the declaration of red and yellow alerts in the Luzon grid.
The Chief Executive instructed the Department of Energy (DOE) to have a close monitoring and coordination with all stakeholders to address the power situation.
“I have also directed all government offices to set the standard in conserving energy and minimizing power consumption,” President Marcos added.
At this time, he said it is “crucial that we all work together to ensure a stable power supply for the next couple of days. Let’s adopt energy-efficient practices and stand together to overcome this challenge.”
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) issued red and yellow alerts for Luzon and the Visayas on Tuesday due to the forced outages from several power plants.
DOE Secretary Raphael Lotilla said “extremely high temperatures” affected the operations of 31 power generation facilities, but they have already asked the power plant operators to work on restoring the facilities’ full operations.
A red alert is issued when the power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand while a yellow alert is when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement./PN
