“We are breaking again the schedule brownouts into two groups to ease the consumers because we have been receiving many complaints,” he said.
Paguio said CEPALCO received a total of 39MW Thursday morning. He said the city requires 140MW of electricity every day.
He said CEPALCO is presently drawing 42MW from its Minergy power plant; 2MW from the Bobonawan River run off project ; and 1MW from its solar plant in Barangay Indahag.
“We are still on the deficit. That is the reason why we cannot ease the brownouts,” Paguio said.
The power situation in Zamboanga and Davao cities are also grim.
Omar Sahi, Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) president, said Zamcelco is only receiving 47MW while their daily peak demand is 85MW.
He said this forced Zamcelco to implement a 10-hour brownout in Zamboanga City.
Journalist Frencie Carreon said the brownouts in Zamboanga City also extends by as much as 14 hours.
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In Davao City, rotating brownouts have been increased from six to 7.5 hours.
But MinDA’s Diosma said that the DLPC reported that their precarious power situation has been eased by Steag’s 105MW.
“Davao Light might ease their brownouts to only four hours,” he said.
Mindanao’s electric cooperatives also fared well in the present power crisis since many of them resorted to buying modular generating sets to feed them with electricity.
Marebec Cagalawan, communications officer of the Misamis Oriental Rural Electric Service Cooperative 1 (MORESCO-1), said their franchise area, which covers the western towns in Misamis Oriental and several mountain villages in Cagayan de Oro, is sparsely populated.
She said factories in the area have contributed their spare electricity for use by the other consumers.
“We are only experiencing two-hour brownouts,” Cagalawan said.
