Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. stressed the need for an immediate solution to the problem of blackout in Panay Island.
The governor raised two important things - the perfection of the management of the national grid and the completion of the Phase III of the Cebu-Negros-Panay Backbone project to strengthen the grid.
Defensor is one of the resource speakers during second deliberation on the power outages in Panay/Western Visayas by the House Committee on Energy on January 11, 2024.
“Importante sa amin na may mananagot. Pero mas importante sa amin yung agad agarang solusyon. Time is of the essence. If the grid continues to be weak and vulnerable, the blackout will happen as a matter of natural course,” he said.
“A national grid without a backbone is not a national grid. We have to give it another name. A national grid with an unfinished backbone is a very weak national grid,” the governor added.
