Photo courtesy of DOE MANILA - Power restoration in the province of Bohol remains limited almost three weeks after the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in the Visayas and Mindanao. In a briefing Wednesday, Department of Energy (DOE) director Mario Marasigan said the available capacity of power generation facilities servicing Bohol is at 47 percent, or only at 28 megawatts. Of the three transmission lines that were affected in the provinces, only one line was restored. He said despite having an available power and transmission line restored to deliver electricity, restoration of distribution utilities (DUs) is still low. DUs deliver electricity to households, establishments, and other power consumers. "But our three distribution utilities, the restoration level is still very minimal," Marasigan said. He added that Bohol 1 and 2 Electric Cooperatives (BOHECO I and II) and Bohol Light Company, Inc. (BLCI) have a restoration level below 5 percent. The estimated damage cost of "Od
In the midst of a pandemic that the government cannot fully address efficiently, Filipino consumers are being slapped with added burdens of persistent rotating brownouts that may last until June 7 this year, plus unwarranted spikes in electricity prices that surged to as high as P37 per kilowatt hou
MANILA, Philippines The Luzon grid is expected to experience power outages until next week after another power plant bogged down yesterday, causing rotational blackouts over prolonged hours. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) raised the red alert warning on the Luzon power grid from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. yesterday. The yellow alert notice was from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and from 11 p.m..