Marcos: Power supply being monitored

Efforts are underway to control electricity prices and to monitor the power supply in the face of high demand, President Marcos said yesterday.

- ALEXIS ROMERO

The Philippines is experiencing a power system overload due to extreme heat, Marcos told reporters in Cotabato.

“It definitely is not an artificial crisis because the power systems are overloaded. Our consumption suddenly increased because of the extreme heat,” he said.

“That is why we are really monitoring the problems that affected the different systems... We have plans, strategies to prevent the rise in electricity prices, at least for now, in this crisis time,” he added.

The government has asked the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to build transmission lines that would boost electricity, especially in areas not connected to the grid, he noted.

Submarine cables are needed to transfer electricity from areas with excess capacity to those that lack supply, Marcos said.