Assuring power supply stability is the energy secretary’s main responsibility. The inconvenience of a power failure during one of the hottest summers we have experienced made many angry at the Duterte administration. This gives power failure a new meaning: failure to use the power of government in the public interest. Many of our large baseload power plants are about 30 years old. “In simple terms… government controlling a little, ERC delaying, government not implementing reserve requirements… The usual…”Of course, there are many things we want to do about our power supply.

Source: Philippine Star June 03, 2021 16:07 UTC