PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. shot down suggestions that there was a power crisis in the Philippines after the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) raised the red and yellow alerts across the country.
“It definitely is not an artificial crisis dahil talagang the power systems are overloaded. Ang naging consumption natin biglang tumaas talaga, because of the, dahil napaka init,” the President said before the media in Pikit, Cotabato.
“Nagkakaroon ng problema sa mga iba’t ibang sistema kaya namin tinututukan,” he added.
Meanwhile, Marcos said the government is already looking for ways to keep electricity rates down amid the high demand.
“Mayroon kaming mga plano, mga strategy para hindi na mag-taas ng presyo ng kuryente, at least for now, in this crisis time,” he said.
“Gagawan natin ng paraan para medyo ma-control nang mabuti ‘yan,” he added.
In addition, President Marcos said the government will continue endorsing the projects of the NGCP in a bid to address the situation.
“We’re continuing to encourage and to endorse all of the programs of NGCP so that they will increase the coverage of their transmission lines all over the country,” he said. (GP)
