MANILA, Philippines — Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi proposed Thursday that the government should take control again of the system operations of the country’s power grid from privately-owned National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
During the Senate energy committee hearing on the recent Luzon power outages, Cusi lamented the NGCP’s supposed failure to comply with its franchise requirement to secure “firm” contracts for energy reserves.
The lack of power reserves was among the factors the Department of Energy (DOE) had attributed to the recent rotational brownouts in Luzon.
“In my proposal, the system operation should be reverted back to the government. What are the…
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