MANILA, Philippines—Energy agencies are blaming each other for the rotating brownouts in Mindanao.
The state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) Sunday maintained that the brownouts were not due to power supply shortage, as alleged by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).
Napocor, a government-owned corporation, nominates power plants that may be dispatched into the grid by NGCP, a private corporation, that transmits electricity from generators to distribution utilities and bulk power users.
“We would like to categorically state that there is no problem with power supply in as far as our power plants are concerned. All hydropower plants, from Agus to Pulangi, are back to their normal operational levels,” Napocor said Sunday in a statement.
The water level at Lake Lanao was back to its optimal level, thus operations of its hydropower plants were also back to normal, it added.
These hydropower facilities in Mindanao were reportedly generating at least 700 megawatts (MW).
“The current power outages being experienced by the Mindanao Grid today may be due to other reasons,” Napocor said.
Mindanao continues to experience rotating brownouts lasting up to five hours in certain areas. In September alone, the deficit reached as much as 137 MW. As of last Saturday, the Mindanao grid posted a supply deficit of only 53 MW.
“Our power plants nominate their available capacities to the system operator, which is under the NGCP, which is then responsible for dispatch (or transmission of power). However, what puzzles us is why when the plants are [committed to] a certain level of dispatch, the actual [transmission] is lower than what we nominated,” the statement said.
For example, the Pulangi Hydropowerplant, which can generate as much as 85 MW, was transmitting only 60 MW.
The NGCP, however, had already strongly contested these allegations on Friday, saying that its energy highways in Mindanao can more than accommodate the actual power flow.
Over the weekend, NGCP spokesperson Cynthia Perez Alabanza again said that the NGCP could not be blamed for the power problem because its lines were sufficient and could handle the entire energy load in the area, contrary to the allegations of Napocor.
Alabanza insisted anew that there was clearly a power supply shortage.
The state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) Sunday maintained that the brownouts were not due to power supply shortage, as alleged by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).
Napocor, a government-owned corporation, nominates power plants that may be dispatched into the grid by NGCP, a private corporation, that transmits electricity from generators to distribution utilities and bulk power users.
“We would like to categorically state that there is no problem with power supply in as far as our power plants are concerned. All hydropower plants, from Agus to Pulangi, are back to their normal operational levels,” Napocor said Sunday in a statement.
The water level at Lake Lanao was back to its optimal level, thus operations of its hydropower plants were also back to normal, it added.
These hydropower facilities in Mindanao were reportedly generating at least 700 megawatts (MW).
“The current power outages being experienced by the Mindanao Grid today may be due to other reasons,” Napocor said.
Mindanao continues to experience rotating brownouts lasting up to five hours in certain areas. In September alone, the deficit reached as much as 137 MW. As of last Saturday, the Mindanao grid posted a supply deficit of only 53 MW.
“Our power plants nominate their available capacities to the system operator, which is under the NGCP, which is then responsible for dispatch (or transmission of power). However, what puzzles us is why when the plants are [committed to] a certain level of dispatch, the actual [transmission] is lower than what we nominated,” the statement said.
For example, the Pulangi Hydropowerplant, which can generate as much as 85 MW, was transmitting only 60 MW.
The NGCP, however, had already strongly contested these allegations on Friday, saying that its energy highways in Mindanao can more than accommodate the actual power flow.
Over the weekend, NGCP spokesperson Cynthia Perez Alabanza again said that the NGCP could not be blamed for the power problem because its lines were sufficient and could handle the entire energy load in the area, contrary to the allegations of Napocor.
Alabanza insisted anew that there was clearly a power supply shortage.
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