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NPC, suffering from funding shortages, proposed to reduce the operations of 156 power plants under the Small Power Utilities Group , which could affect 450,000 households.
Based on the reduced electricity schedule, SPUG power plants running 24 hours would operate at 15 hours, while those running 16 hours would be available for only 12 hours. Those operating below 16 hours would run for only five hours. Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said the government was working on short- and medium-term measures to sustain the operations and ensure the continued delivery of power by the NPC in off-grid areas.
The prior year’s national government subsidy is a special provision in the General Appropriations Act that authorizes the use of subsidy release for programs and projects to cover the additional funding requirements of activities or projects under the agency’s agenda. “The DOE and NPC are also working with the Development Budget Coordination Committee to program funds that would support NPC’s funding deficit for this year, 2023, which amounts to P14.205 billion,” Lotilla said.
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