THE INSTITUTE for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) is projecting a shortfall in electricity supply in the second quarter, raising concerns if there will be enough power ahead of and during the elections in May. READ:
The ICSC’s Luzon Power Outlook report, which was released on Tuesday, challenged the grid operators’ outlook there will be sufficient electricity supply during the April to June period.
“This is supported by the Department of Energy , who foresees red and yellow alerts raised across the Luzon grid after the elections on May 9.” “Unreliable electricity supply would undermine the credibility of the elections. We need our electrical power system to provide reliable supply especially during election day and while transmitting data; otherwise our political power system might fail if the results are not accepted by our people,” Pedro Maniego, Jr., ICSC senior policy advisor, was quoted as saying in the statement.
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