The Department of Energy (DOE) on Saturday said the Ilijan power plant, which will start operating on May 26, will lessen yellow alerts for the rest of the year.
“Sa May 26, naka-schedule na siyang mag-operate. Ten percent ng Luzon 'yung 1,200 megawatts. Kapag nag-umpisa na 'yun, mababawasan na ang yellow alerts for the rest of the year,” DOE Undersecretary Rowena Guevara said in a Super Radyo dzBB interview.
Guevara noted that the price of LNG appeared to be the same as oil. Still, its advantage over diesel and coal is its low carbon footprint, making it cleaner. The DOE was also monitoring the transmission line projects of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines , which are the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project, the Cebu-Negros-Panay Project III, and the San Jose-Hermosa Transmission Line.every week of May until the first three weeks of June.
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