Nanindigan ang Department of Energy (DOE) sa pangako nitong walang power interruption na aasahan sa darating halalan sa May 13.
Ito ang kinumpirma ni Cabinet Sec. Karlo Nograles matapos matanggap ang report ng DOE sa gabinete hinggil sa nakaraang insidente ng power outages sa Luzon.
“I think that was the worst incident that may happen in the summer months. Everything now is; we are also looking at contingencies on the uninterruptable load program,†ani Nograles.
“(But) according to the DOE report, there are several new power sources that will be inaugurated soon. The DOE is confident that we will not have any problem come election day.”
Dagdag pa ng kalihim ng gabinete, tinutupad ng Energy department ang mandato nito na masigurong hindi nagkukulang ang supply ng kuryente.
Sinimulan na rin daw nito ang pagbuo ng mga programang lilikom ng mas maraming enerhiya para sa buong bansa.
“We see that the Department of Energy is doing their mandate to address the energy security in the country. The DOE has been aggressive in starting the power generation projects.”
Nitong nakaraang linggo nang magpulong ang gabinete dahil sa naranasang pagnipis sa supply ng Luzon Grid kamakailan.
Kung maaalala, nagdulot ito ng rotation brownouts sa ilang bahagi ng rehiyon.
“There are many power generation projects in the pipeline. It is just unfortunate that one of our bigger plants, Sual, went on forced outage. Because of that there is a supply gap and we went on red alert.”
