Power infrastructure was put forward as a priority for the government’s climate-proofing efforts, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said, citing the network’s vulnerability to calamities. READ:
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“Concurrently, this begs the need to improve and climate-proof our power and electricity-related infrastructure to protect them from damage and shorten the duration of downtime after weather-related events,” the study found. The study analyzed data from monthly interruption reports between January 2015 and December 2021 filed by electric cooperatives which are monitored by the National Electrification Administration .
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