Drought may strike 30 areas nationwide by the end of March due to the El Niño phenomenon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration .MANILA, Philippines — Following the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s recent declaration that the warm and dry season has begun, the Department of Energy said the country’s power situation is currently being monitored to ensure energy security.
“The summer period exerts significant pressure on electricity demand due to increased cooling needs, leading to peak demand shifts in consumption and infrastructure strain,” Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said. In addition, NGCP was reminded of the completion of the transmission projects by the first half of the year, particularly the Hermosa-San Jose 500 kilovolt Transmission Project and Cebu-Negros-Panay 230 kV Stage 3 backbone project.Meanwhile, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines facilitated the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market registration of the newly operational power generation facilities.
The DOE has reminded power generation companies to follow the Grid Operating and Maintenance Program, and forced outages within the allowance set by ERC, to ensure that its committed projects will meet the target commercial operation date.
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