More senators seek probe, penalty for ‘unjustified’ power outages

MANILA, Philippine — Senators are now taking steps  to investigate and possibly  penalize those responsible for the thinning of power supply  nationwide. All  regions—Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao—have been placed under red or yellow alerts this Wednesday by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines. “This is a cause of great concern,” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said in a message to reporters. Gatchalian was caught by surprise that even the Mindanao grid was placed on yellow alert considering the “excess  capacity” in the region. “Historically, the month of May is 3% to 5% higher interns of demand. That means, (we) will experience […]…

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