{"id":29579,"date":"2014-10-22T10:26:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T02:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=29579"},"modified":"2014-10-23T10:38:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T02:38:03","slug":"house-committee-rejects-noys-emergency-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/22\/house-committee-rejects-noys-emergency-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"House committee rejects Noy\u2019s emergency powers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA \u2013 President Aquino will not be given the emergency powers he want, according to the chairman of the House energy committee yesterday.<\/p>\n

Aquino has earlier requested the Congress to grant his emergency powers in order to deal with the coming power shortages in the summer of 2015.<\/p>\n

Mindoro Oriental Rep. Reynaldo Umali said that the special authority Aquino is seeking will no longer be granted, instead, they are focusing on the interruptible load program (ILP) to address the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rent-or-buy option to establish additional generating capacity is already out. We are now focusing on ILP,\u201d he said during a news conference.<\/p>\n

ILP will encourage business establishments to run their own generators instead of getting supply from the Luzon grid.<\/p>\n

The ILP will especially be needed during the peak demand periods from March to June 2015.<\/p>\n

Umali also clarified that the decision to choose the ILP option over the option to buy generators came from the Department of Energy (DOE).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not us who foreclosed the option to rent or buy generators. It was the DOE (Department of Energy) which withdrew that option in yesterday\u2019s hearing,\u201d Umali said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmergency powers should not be granted, especially if it has no factual basis because it will result in higher prices of electricity. While we should look for solutions if there is an impending crisis, we should guard against short term knee jerk solutions that make energy costly,\u201d Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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