MANILA, Oct. 4 (PNA) — The government will gladly initiate moves to conserve power with the impending shortage of electricity during the summer next year, the Palace said on Saturday.
The Department of Energy (DOE) plans to work with private businesses to conserve electricity like setting the air conditioning systems in the malls at slightly higher temperatures.
For the public sector, it plans to cut power consumption by 10 percent.
In a radio interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan on Saturday, Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the public sector is willing to contribute to energy conservation.
“Lahat po tayong mga kawani ng gobyerno, we will be more than happy to do our share when it comes to saving electricity para hindi madagdagan ang demand pagdating po ng panahong ‘yan,” she said.
“Everybody in this particular situation is really just working together to try to find a solution to the challenge that we will face come summer in 2015.”
Valte also reminded government agencies about the existing power-saving regulations that they should be following.
“Perhaps it’s a good time to remind all our fellows in government that these guidelines exist and that we should all be consciously following them,” Valte said.
Aside from these measures, there are also plans to carry out the Interruptible Load Program, that aims to encourage large establishments with big demands for power to generate their own electricity to lessen consumption.
The program targets malls and big businesses that consume a lot of electricity. (PNA)