MANILA, Philippines — It’s not the possible power outages during the May 13 election but during the transmission and counting of votes that make the country’s energy officials worry. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Redentor Delola admitted this during the hearing of the Senate committee on energy that is looking into recent power interruptions in some parts of Luzon. ADVERTISEMENT“Just on the election day itself, just to appease the participants in this room. The election day was declared as a holiday so expectedly the demand for power will be low on that day so we expect sufficient reserves specifically on that day,” Delola said. Reacting to Delola, Gatchalian said: “Siguro mag-uumpisa na kaming magdasal…I think that’s the only solution.”Before this, DOE Undersecretary Felix Fuentebella assured there is sufficient power supply.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 25, 2019 10:41 UTC