Energy Lack Hounds Mindanao

Power generation deficiency, not the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), is to be blamed for the daily brownouts that have been plaguing Mindanao for weeks the company stressed Thursday.

“(NGCP) maintains that the cause of the daily power curtailment in the Mindanao Grid is the acute shortage of power in the region, not any transmission-related issue,” the private firm said.

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Daily Brownouts Grip Mindanao

Several provinces in Mindanao are now experiencing daily brownouts after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) started imposing load curtailment in 33 electric cooperatives as power supply has fallen due to alleged generation deficiency.

“The curtailment is Mindanao-wide. I don't know how many cooperatives there are but everyone is affected. (Power) reserves are in the negative.

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