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It’s been a week now since CEPALCO started implementing Rotating brownouts all over Cagayan de Oro City. The brownout usually lasts 4 to 5 hours. I thought first it is due to some maintenance on their end but as the frequency of the brownouts became more intense I started to wonder why as it became really annoying not being able to do a LOT of things with the electricity off. No electricity means, NO Internet, No Cable TV, NO Aircondition, NO Reading, worst is NO sound sleeping for those working in the Graveyard Shift and are scheduled to have brownouts during day time! Looks like I’m talking to a mirror! That’s quite a hassle. To some it means NO business. That’s how important having electricity to Urban places. I can’t blame most complaining consumers at times like this.

According to CEPALCO’s memo, the Rotating Brownouts is due to the continuing power supply curtailments imposed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines [NGCP] all over Mindanao. NGCP has the crucial task of delivering safe and reliable electricity throughout the archipelago, a responsibility formerly held by the National Transmission Corporation or TransCo. They balances the demand and supply of electricity to efficiently serve all of its customers which include generators, private distribution utilities, electric cooperatives, government-owned utilities, ecozones, industries, and directly connected companies.

We all know that our Electricity here is generated by hydropower. So conserving of the energy left is very critical for us to survive the scarcity of water brought about by El Niño in relation to the change of climate (summer) – awfully hawt! So there you go! I can’t really complain as this dilemma boils down to us individually.

Just heard from the news that Mindanao has a lot of conserving to do for the coming El Niño! Let’s pray that there’s going to be rain so to get out from this misery! Looks like what we need now is the rain dance.

Let us all do our share in our own little ways! Conserve water as not everyone is enjoying the opportunity to have more of it. There are a number of ways to save water, and they all start with you.

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