The Department of Energy (DOE) on Saturday assured that the country’s electricity supply remains stable despite challenges from El Niño and climate change.
DOE Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan confirms that there are currently no alert levels imposed, indicating sufficient power supply.
“So, starting from last week, our alert levels have been reduced. The yellow alert is gone. Over the past weekend, we experienced manual [load] dropping and went into red alert until almost midnight. There were some incidents in our electricity system. But after that weekend, we have stabilized and now our generation is more than enough,” Marasigan said in a news forum in Quezon City.
“Since Thursday, we don’t have any alert. Actually, on Wednesday we still had a predicted alert until 10 PM here in Luzon, but the alert level was only sent out at 1 PM. So, the alert level started on Wednesday afternoon and until now we no longer have any alert level,” he added.
Marasigan said the recent red alerts were attributed to climate effects on power plants, especially hydropower facilities.
To address demand, the DOE maintains direct communication with operators and utilizes platforms like Viber for real-time monitoring, preventing brownouts even during red alerts.
Marasigan said DOE anticipates no manual load dropping or red alerts, although yellow alerts may occur due to limited reserves.
