A congressional resolution seeking to investigate the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) was filed at the House of Representatives on Monday after repeated transmission line failures that caused power supply disruptions.
House Speaker Faustino Dy III and Senior Deputy Speaker Ferdinand Hernandez filed House Resolution No. 1024 to probe into the tripping of two 500-kilovolt transmission lines that forced the Luzon grid to shed load, disrupting power supply for about 3.9 million customers.
“It is unacceptable that millions of Filipinos lost electricity due to the failure of our transmission system,” Dy said in a statement in Filipino.
“Power is not a luxury – it is a basic necessity that directly affects livelihoods, businesses, education and the daily lives of citizens,” he added.
NGCP spokesperson Cynthia Alabanza did not immediately reply to a Viber message seeking comment.
Last week, the Ilijan power complex in Batangas tripped back-to-back, prompting “grid emergency alerts” across Luzon and Visayas, according to the Department of Energy (DOE), which sought a probe into the electrical fault.
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