Pag kontrol ng NGCP sa pagkakaroon ng power outage, kinondena

Last updated May 21, 2023

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“You cannot call for better system planning when you are the sole grid system operator.”

ITO ang mariing pagkondena ni AnaKalusugan Party-List Rep. Ray T. Reyes kasunod ng ulat na ipinalabas ng National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) hinggil sa biglaang pagpapatupad ng power interruptions na s’yang ikinalugmok ng buong isla ng Luzon gayundin sa isla ng Panay nitong nakalipas na buwan ng Abril kung saan ito aniya ay hindi katanggap-tanggap para sa sambayanan.

Bunga nito, agad na nagpasa si Rep. Reyes ng House Resolution No. 966, na nag-aatas para sa isang angkop na komite sa mababang kapulungan upang maimbestigahan “in aid of legislation” tungkol sa pagkabigo ng National Grid Corporation of the Philippines at ng Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) na makapagbigay ng nararapat na power supply sa bansa.

“It has been clear to us for some time now that NGCP’s failure to commit to their Transmission Development Plan timeline to interconnect all the major islands in the Philippines is also one of the reasons for the country’s intermittent and unreliable power supply,” ani Rep. Reyes.

“Now you are saying that there needs to be proper system planning due to the ‘confluence of events’ that occurred? How can you say that when this could have been avoided had you only acted sooner in granting those ancillary service contracts?” ang pagtatanong pa ng mambabatas.

Kaugnay nito, sinabi ni DOE Undersecretary Rowena Guevara na natapos ng NGCP ang Visayas-Mindanao interconnection project kung saan maaari umanong makatulong ito para sa power supply sa Mindanao.

Dahil sa mga biglaang power outage na naranasan, possible umanongh magdulot ito ng labis na kapahamakan sa buhay ng taongbayan na labis na nangangailangan ng life support services at medical attention partikular na ngayong panahon ng summer season.

“What confluence of events are you passing the buck to now? The ERC? When you could have anticipated for this yearly occurrence?” giit ni Rep. Rep. Reyes.