NGCP urged to source additional reserves to ensure power during Halalan 2022

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NGCP urged to source additional reserves to ensure power during Halalan 2022

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Updated Apr 21, 2022 06:20 PM PHT

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 Line men work on cleaning power lines over the Tagaytay Ridge overlooking Taal Lake in Batangas on January 27, 2020. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File
Line men work on cleaning power lines over the Tagaytay Ridge overlooking Taal Lake in Batangas on January 27, 2020. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

MANILA - The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines should "urgently" source additional reserve power to alleviate projected shortages that could affect the May 9 polls, the Management Association of the Philippines said Thursday.

The NGCP should also link power plants that are not yet connected, MAP said in a statement.

Other recommendations from MAP include the adoption of energy efficiency measures in households, offices and businesses as well as the government's long-term development of energy infrastructure.

Meanwhile, MAP also urged distribution utilities and electric cooperatives to prepare or initiate interruptible load programs (ILp) in their respective areas.

"The government and the private sector must craft power generation-specific plans to stimulate the building of new generation capacity and avert possible supply gaps in the next 10 years," MAP said.

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The NGCP earlier said it was gearing up for the elections, and warned of thin energy supply this summer.

In its proposed budget to the Energy Regulatory Commission, the NGCP said it has allotted P160 billon for capital expenditures from 2021 until 2025.

A total of P111.4 billion was allotted for transmission projects, the NGCP said in a statement.

For operations and maintenance, the NGCP said it has allotted some P22.3 billion.

A total of P7.1 billion, meanwhile, was allotted for system operations projects for the period, it added.

Among other projects, three major drawdown substations will also be developed in Taguig, Marilao, Bulacan and in Silang, Cavite to meet forecasted load growth in Metro Manila, the NGCP said.

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