MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Committee on Energy on Thursday holds a hearing on the recent spate of rotational blackouts in Luzon. On May 31, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) raised the red alert warning, meaning there is severe power deficiency that could lead to rotational power interruptions, on the Luzon power grid from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Several senators were unable to attend the plenary session on June 2 due to the outages. In a plenary session held the following day, lawmakers senators noted that the Department of Energy in April assured the Senate that there was no high risk of power shortage supply during the summer. Watch the Senate inquiry LIVE, which will start at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2021.

Source: Philippine Star June 10, 2021 01:18 UTC