The Department of Energy (DOE) says planning failures have contributed to recurring power shortfalls and alerts in the Visayas, driven by insufficient baseload generation to meet rising electricity demand.
The DOE’s admission comes as the agency points to the region’s vulnerability to disruptions, including the loss of a major power plant. Both reports describe a gap in new baseload capacity, which increases the risk of instability when supply is reduced.
GMA News Online reports DOE Secretary Sharon Garin acknowledges the lapses, framing the issue as inadequate planning that has left the grid without enough baseload generation. The Philstar report similarly highlights the lack of sufficient baseload capacity and links it to growing demand and repeated alerts, but provides more emphasis on the operational consequence—how the system responds when a key plant goes offline.
