Power supply in Panay stable — DoE
‘The grid system is stable, and we have ample supply. We continuously monitor the situation every 30 minutes. Currently, Panay is even exporting power to Negros.’
Daily Tribune‘The grid system is stable, and we have ample supply. We continuously monitor the situation every 30 minutes. Currently, Panay is even exporting power to Negros.’
Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan reassured the public in a media forum on Saturday that the power grid remains stable, and that there have been no rotational brownouts despite previous concerns. | philippine news agency
The Department of Energy reassured the public on Saturday that power supply in Panay is reliably stable amid a warning from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines that a power plant in the area still has “unresolved internal issues.”
In a media forum in Quezon City, Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan reassured the public that the power grid remains stable, and that there have been no rotational brownouts despite previous concerns.
“The grid system is stable, and we have ample supply. We continuously monitor the situation every 30 minutes. Currently, Panay is even exporting power to Negros,” Marasigan said.
Need for accurate messaging
He emphasized the need for accurate messaging, stating that the information shared should not be alarming but rather precautionary.
The recent statement regarding potential brownouts should be interpreted as a precaution rather than a cause for alarm.
“One plant is currently out, and it has been offline since the 2 January (Panay Island-wide power blackout) incident. To prevent a repeat of that scenario, if one or two more plants encounter problems, we will issue an advisory for manual load dropping,” Marasigan said.
Only one plant
The DoE official clarified that the outage involves only one plant, that is, the same one that was offline before the 2 January incident.
When asked specifically about rotational brownouts, Marasigan said, “There have been no rotational brownouts so far, except during the incident itself, when the plant was shut down.”
