DOE vows ‘adequate, reliable’ power supply for elections

The Department of Energy (DOE) assured the public that power reserves remain normal despite the forced outages of a couple of power plants on the eve of the elections. DOE Secretary Zenaida Monsada said in a press briefing on Sunday, May 8, that there are two power plants on forced outage – the 180-megawatt (MW) Kalayaan U4 until May 14, and the 300MW Malaya U1 until May 10. Monsada emphasized, however, that the power reserves in Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao for May 9 are all expected to be above normal levels due to the low projected demand.

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