The government looks at third-party electricity transmission initiatives.

 The government looks at third-party electricity transmission initiatives.

Presuming that the expensive and protracted blackout that occurred in Western Visayas earlier this month would never happen again, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. gave the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the Department of Energy (DOE) the task of researching the feasibility of permitting transmission projects by third parties.

During a Friday speech at Malacañang, Marcos stated that the country should move past the power outage that affected Panay and Guimaras Islands, resulting in P3.8 billion in losses.



This incident brought home how important these connectivity efforts are. He made this statement during the groundbreaking for the 450-megawatt Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project: "We cannot afford to have another round of this costly interruption, not only in Panay Island but anywhere in the country."

The President urged the prompt completion of connectivity projects, stating that the "massive inconvenience and loss for our people should not occur again."

Marcos acknowledged the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines' (NGCP) function in managing the government-owned electricity grid, but he also pointed out that more needed to be done.

As the nation emerges from the pandemic economy, the President stated, "I have also directed the [DOE and ERC] to look into the proposal of allowing third parties to construct transmission projects at the pace required by the country's power needs."

The ERC was instructed "to complete the reset of NGCP's rate without further delay," he continued.

The NGCP faced criticism for its inability to complete 37 transmission projects on time, intended to modernize the state's electrical infrastructure, and for causing the days-long blackout in Western Visayas.

Unplanned maintenance shutdowns were the cause of the power outage that occurred in the area earlier this month.

Due to the NGCP's inadequacies, some MPs demanded that it be reviewed and may be revoked.





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