TAGUIG CITY -- Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi asks the system operator, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), to immediately address the partial system blackout being experienced by electricity consumers in the Visayas.

This action was made by the Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary upon receiving the message from the Visayas office of the NGCP, and upon monitoring the social media accounts of the affected distribution utilities in the Visayas.
 
[VRCC-08/21/2021 00:14: 138 KV Colon-Cebu Lines 1, 2 and 3 and Colon-Quiot Line auto-tripped at 2356H. Cebu North, Leyte-Samar and Bohol on partial power failure. [WEBSMS] SMS RefNo.:001744]
 
“We are asking the NGCP, who is responsible for system operations, to provide the immediate remedy to this ‘system failure’, to explain to its customers the reason for this, and to prevent this from happening again,” Secretary Cusi stated.
 
The DOE has also called the attention of the Energy Regulatory Commission, the regulator of the Philippine power industry, to look into this matter. (DOE)