By Danessa Rivera (The
Philippine Star) | Updated August 15, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - Eight power generation
companies (gencos) are being assessed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
on forced outages that caused insufficient power supply and led to power
interruptions early this month.
In a text message, ERC chairman Jose
Vicente Salazar said these gencos are Sual, Calaca, Pagbilao, Malaya, GNPower,
BacMan, South Luzon Therma Energy Corp. and Southwest Luzon Power Generation
Corp.
These companies were given 24 hours
to explain their forced outages which placed the Luzon grid on red alert, or
with severe power deficiency, and caused up to three-hour brownouts on Aug.5.
“Sanctions are made on the
basis of penalty guidelines issued by the ERC. Based on our monitoring,
however, and acting on the compliance letters we have sent, the concerned
plants have already submitted their respective reports for this incident,”
Salazar said.
The companies submitted “varying
reasons” behind their unscheduled outage, the ERC chief said.
“We’re still validating their
submissions with the help of the GMC (Grid Management Committee),” he said.
The GMC was formed by the ERC to
monitor the day-to-day operations of the country’s power grid.
Two weeks ago, the ERC required
gencos to submit detailed reports on the causes of forced outages and
mitigating measures undertaken after the Luzon grid suffered from lack of
sufficient power supply.
The power regulator said it will
also validate the action undertaken and protocols to address these
contingencies and may require even a physical inspection of the facilities.
The requirements are in addition to
the regular reporting required of the gencos whose facilities have been on
forced outage status.
This was done after the Department
of Energy also asked the power regulator to look into these issues.
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