MANILA, Philippines — A government official has cited as “extraordinary occurrence” recent power outages in parts of Luzon, as energy executives faced a Senate hearing Thursday to explain the sudden power supply interruption in the region. Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Jesus Posadas told lawmakers that based on figures from generation companies and distribution utilities, power supply should have been sufficient to prevent Luzon power outages on April 11 and 12. ADVERTISEMENTHowever, the “simultaneous unplanned outages of several power plants,” which could not have been forecasted, resulted to the loss of available power capacity, he said. “Regrettably, what could not have been forecasted were the simultaneous unplanned outages of several power plants,” he added. He also said DOE could not comment, make assumptions or speculate on the causes of the power outages since it is still under investigation.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 25, 2019 07:58 UTC