The government has asked local officials to join the Earth Hour celebration and encourage their constituents to switch off lights
from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. tonight to send a strong and urgent message on the need for collective action to address climate change.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources urged Filipinos to observe “Earth Hour” on March 25 in support of the global efforts to protect the planet and fight climate change. Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos, as the Vice-chair for Disaster Preparedness of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, encouraged all provincial governors, city and municipal mayors, and village leaders to embark on Earth Hour activities that are aligned with the new global action plan for nature for the coming decade.
A red alert is raised when there is an insufficient power supply, which could lead to outages, the DOE said. A yellow alert, on the other hand, means thin power reserves which may not lead to rotational brownouts.“Due to forced outages or scheduled outages or shutdown of power plants, it’s possible that we will have 15 yellow alerts this year in Luzon, but we will have zero red alerts.
“We expect our renewable energy sector to bring in around 1,000 megawatts this year. They may also yield battery storage energy systems. The Mindanao-Visayas interconnection project will transmit 450 megawatts of power from Mindanao to Visayas, and possibly up to Luzon,” she said.
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