MANILA, Philippines – Sa kabila ng taon-taon nang problema tuwing summer ay taon taon ding walang nahahanap na solusyon ang Department of Energy sa kakapusan ng energy supply.
Ito ang banat ni Pangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangco sa harap ng rotational brownout na nararanasan muli ngayong summer season dahil sa hindi sapat na supply para tapatan ang mataas na demand ng kuryente.
“Our energy situation is worsening because our needs are growing year by year” pahayag ni Cojuangco.
Aniya, tumataas ang populasyon at tumataas din ang bilang ng mga bumibili ng mga appliances subalit ang supply ng enerhiya para matapatan ang economic development ay hindi kayang solusyunan ng DOE.
“Every time the lights go out, business operations are derailed and precipitate a domino effect on our manufacturing and service industries resulting to diminished economic output, rising scrap rates, and rising costs” ani Cojuangco.
“A sufficient energy supply is a must” dagdag pa nito.
Iginiit no Cojuangco, Chairman ng House Special Committee on Nuclear Energy na noon pa man ay ang nuclear energy ang syang kailangan ng bansa na hindi lamang abot kaya ang presyo bagkus ay malinis pa sa kalikasan ngunit bigo ang DOE na isulong ito.
“Despite this clear necessity, the DOE has yet to embrace the urgency of deploying a substantial capacity of reliable and cost-effective nuclear power at the earliest opportunity” paliwanag ni Cojuangco.
Aniya, ang PNPP-1 sa Bataan ay 100 % nang kumpleto at may alok na ang South Korea para sa technical expertise at financing nito upang masimulan na ang operasyon subalit hindi umuusad sa DOE.
“At a time when the heat index in various cities around the country are dangerously high, it is utterly unacceptable to have rotational brownouts when such could have been proactively mitigated in the first place. The time for action is now, and the DOE must rise to the occasion” ani Cojuangco.
Iginiit ni Cojuangco na may solusyon sa nararanasang rotational brownouts ang kailangan lamang ay aksyon at gawin mg DOE ang mandato nito.
“DOE must act now and ensure that their actions align with the best interests of all Filipinos. Failure to do so would not only be a failure to give the right advice to the President but a disservice to our people who are left hanging in this sweltering heat and jeopardized economic opportunity” pagtatapos pa nito. Gail Mendoza
