0THE Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday assured lawmakers there will be no power crisis in the country—this year at least—despite rotating brownouts that hit Luzon in late July and early this month. Luzon has a “dependable” energy supply of around 13,100 megawatts (MW) while demand is around 9,700 MW, the Cabinet official said. There was a shortage last Aug. 5, because 11 power plants went on outage,” Cusi explained. He said it would irresponsible for him to declare a power crisis when DOE data showed that supply was adequate. Some areas in Luzon including parts of Metro Manila experienced three to four hours of power interruption late July and early August because of a power supply deficiency, following the simultaneous maintenance shutdown of several power plants.

Source: Manila Times August 16, 2016 15:22 UTC