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00:00 ERC and Transco denies that NGCP is to blame for the widespread brownout in Western Visayas.
00:06 But NGCP is angry.
00:08 The supply of Panay Grid is stable.
00:10 The first plant powertrip was on January 2.
00:14 Mark Salazar is the witness.
00:16 The residents of Panay Island are suffering from severe headaches.
00:24 They were browned out for four days after their electricity grid fell on January 1.
00:30 Some have slept outside their homes.
00:33 Some businesses were unable to operate.
00:35 Even schools were shut down.
00:37 So, in front of the local officials of Panay Island,
00:40 in the Senate hearing,
00:42 they are determined to answer for what happened.
00:46 For the first time, you have to sleep in plazas
00:50 or barangay gyms or the esplanade
00:56 because of prolonged brownouts,
00:59 turning houses into hot ovens.
01:02 Classes and work were suspended for four days.
01:07 City hall services were interrupted.
01:12 And local businesses were greatly affected.
01:19 Our local economy has suffered an estimated 500 million losses a day
01:28 or 2 billion in four days.
01:32 We do not deserve this.
01:35 No one deserves this.
01:37 Find someone who is guilty and hold them accountable and let them pay.
01:44 Thank you, your honors.
01:46 Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's exactly what we're doing right now to find who is accountable.
01:51 The problem is repeated, said the governors of Iloilo and Gimaras
01:55 until they do not solve what they have been saying for a long time.
01:59 The completion of vital infrastructure
02:03 like phase 3 of the Sigbo, Negros, Panay, Gakko
02:11 and other ancillary civil structures to strengthen the grid.
02:18 Otherwise, the blackout can happen again.
02:24 So this is not new. This is recurrent. And this may be persistent.
02:30 And I think it is high time that the result is as much as possible, as soon as possible.
02:38 Because everyone is facing the Senate Committee on Energy Hearing,
02:42 the question is who is to blame.
02:46 The Energy Regulatory Commission and National Transmission Corporation or TRANSCO
02:51 are taught by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines or NGCP.
02:56 The system operator did not issue any what we call significant incident notice regarding this gripping.
03:04 According to the grid code, the SOE is responsible for ensuring that the grid voltage is maintained within the normal limits.
03:14 For the first incident, we did not see any report that they submitted.
03:19 So they were still here?
03:21 Because maybe they were flowing from the appreciation that it wasn't a significant incident.
03:28 Because it is stable.
03:31 In their defense, NGCP said that when the power trip happened,
03:36 because the first plant was on January 2, 1206, the supply in the Panay grid was still stable.
03:42 After the tripping of PEDC, the system remains stable.
03:47 The system is normal. It is stable. Voltage and frequency are within limits, normal limits.
03:54 When Unit 1 tripped, they should have been in a hurry and returned.
03:59 But for them, it is normal and stable.
04:05 I don't know if your thinking is still stable.
04:08 NGCP said that when the 5 plants tripped at 3.10pm,
04:13 the power system continuously dropped and they reported there.
04:18 They did not answer the power plant trip.
04:22 Maintenance is their responsibility to maintain their units, not NGCP.
04:29 We cannot predict what plant will trip.
04:32 Senator Rafi Tulfo also brought the ERC where he knows how to handle this problem.
04:38 Are you still afraid of NGCP?
04:41 Then tell them directly that NGCP is wrong.
04:45 They are saying that it is wrong and not acceptable.
04:49 It seems like you are babying it.
04:52 We are not afraid of NGCP. We are afraid that our ongoing investigation will be challenged.
04:58 If the plant will trip, there is a fine of P50 million under the regulation.
05:04 This is a barrier.
05:05 Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said that P3 billion should be removed from the economy of Panay.
05:12 But for Senator Tulfo, NGCP should just remove the franchise.
05:17 We are convinced that in a body like the Senate,
05:22 this should be the last bastion of truth.
05:27 That is why it is in aid of investigation.
05:31 Maybe we just need to give it a little time to explain.
05:37 Tomorrow, there will be a hearing of the camera about the Panay Island Brownout.
05:42 For GMA Integrated News, I am Mark Salazar, your witness.
05:49 Kapuso, let's be witnesses together.
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