Power Crisis : What do "emergency powers" mean?

**Ry_Tower** · September 11th, 2014 10:18 AM

Kung sobra-sobra ang powerplant eh bakit kulang daw sabi nang DOE? Or dati (FVR days) sobra supply kaya need taasan singil kasi guaranteed revenue eh, pero ngayon kulang na supply kaso mahal pa din binabayaran nang gov't (due to again the guaranteed income) kaya wala budget for a new powerplant?

**badkuk** · September 11th, 2014 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Ry_Tower

Kung sobra-sobra ang powerplant eh bakit kulang daw sabi nang DOE? Or dati (FVR days) sobra supply kaya need taasan singil kasi guaranteed revenue eh, pero ngayon kulang na supply kaso mahal pa din binabayaran nang gov't (due to again the guaranteed income) kaya wala budget for a new powerplant?

Nung kakaupo lang ni FVR, i remember a spate of brownouts that lasted 5-6 hours daily; knee-jerk reaction is to put up more power plants, pero naging problem yung transmission ng power. Kaso me kontrata na, so i guess in effect the government was contract-bound to pay for something that they can't use.

i guess the logical, forward-thinking way to do it is to forecast consumption and build power plants in anticipation of demand. Then again, this is the PH government we're talking about.

Sana ang gawin na lang is to make sure X amount of megawatts are added to the grid each year, whatever the method, be it via emergency powers or the usual bidding. Hindi kasi talaga magsisync yung emergency powers with the current/future power crises kung biglaan.

**Ry_Tower** · September 11th, 2014 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by badkuk

Nung kakaupo lang ni FVR, i remember a spate of brownouts that lasted 5-6 hours daily; knee-jerk reaction is to put up more power plants, pero naging problem yung transmission ng power. Kaso me kontrata na, so i guess in effect the government was contract-bound to pay for something that they can't use.

i guess the logical, forward-thinking way to do it is to forecast consumption and build power plants in anticipation of demand. Then again, this is the PH government we're talking about.

Sana ang gawin na lang is to make sure X amount of megawatts are added to the grid each year, whatever the method, be it via emergency powers or the usual bidding. Hindi kasi talaga magsisync yung emergency powers with the current/future power crises kung biglaan.

Hindi talaga gagana knee-jerk reaction.

Sana nga parang privat company ang gov't. Forward thinking palagi. At may investment hindi yung ganyang lagi na lang dahilan kapos sa pondo.

**safeorigin** · September 11th, 2014 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by Ry_Tower

Hindi talaga gagana knee-jerk reaction.

Sana nga parang privat company ang gov't. Forward thinking palagi. At may investment hindi yung ganyang lagi na lang dahilan kapos sa pondo.

tbh, I'd rather have power plants run entirely by private companies. If it's under the grip of the government, it will be under the mercy of incompetent officials who only care about the polls and their own pocket.