DECEPTION IN 'POWER SHORTAGE' GETTING CLEARER!

Think about these, boys and girls:

It’s been some two since PNoy asked the Senate and the House of Representatives, for emergency powers to enter into contracts with power suppliers to prevent a supposed 300 megawatt (MW) shortage next year.

But UP TO NOW, neither PNoy nor Department of Energy (DOE) Sec. Jericho Petilla has SPECIFICALLY ANSWERED key questions on the issue like among others:

For today alone, a story in manilastandardtoday.com quoted Sen. Francis Escudero as asking, among others: WHO OR HOW WILL IT BE FINANCED, the added cost to us consumers, will the Malampaya fund be used for the contracts.

Earlier questions by the public and some lawmakers had included: What is the exact cause or causes and where’s the proof of the supposed forthcoming shortage, SPECIFIC DETAILS of how will the emergency powers be used and other possible remedies apart from new contracts.

And most of all, PNoy and Petilla HAVE NOT YET DENIED OR CLARIFIED the following expose by Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares, which was PUBLISHED in the newspapers and was BASED ON DATA from the DOE itself:

As of 2013, the installed capacity for the Luzon grid is 12,790 MW and dependable capacity is 11,469 MW. Peak demand is at 8,700 MW, with Meralco accounting for 6,121 MW.

Deducting dependable capacity from peak demand leaves 2,700 MW, NINE TIMES MORE than the projected 300 MW projected shortage.

State-owned power plants Malaya and Sucat power plant are being sold to private individuals, instead of being immediately rehabilitated and recommissioned.

The combined capacity of these two plants is approximately 1,000 MW, MORE THAN THREE TIMES the supposed 300 MW looming in 2015.

Anakpawis Rep. Fernando Hicap pointed out that no power crisis or shortage was mentioned in the government’s Philippine Energy Plan 2012-2030. again, the DOE HAS NOT DENIED THIS.

Petilla said the government is expected to spend about $20 million (P860 million) per100 MW yearly.

If PNoy’s government is willing to spend that much for leased power, WHY WOULDN’T THEY SPEND IT on the rehabilitation and re-commissioning of the Malaya and Sucat power plants?

PNoy enumerated the following justifications for seeking additional power:

Increased, forced power-plant outages especially in the summer months. But HE DID NOT CITE ANY ACTION his government has taken to minimize these, or the power plants concerned.

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The El Niño and the typhoons that visit the country yearly, the de-rating and delays in the construction of power plants, even if these HAVE NOT YET HAPPENED and, again, WITHOUT SPECIFICS.

Part of the current supply comes from plants running beyond their maximum lifespan, like Agus 6 in Mindanao. But HE DID NOT POINT OUT ANY ACTION, if there had been any, that his government had taken.

C’mon, people, let’s show the world WE ARE NOT A RACE OF IDIOTS. That it’s only our President, and Petilla. NOT US!