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Friday, April 28, 2006
Treñas calls for austerity anew
By Melanie Maderable and Roilo Vincent G. Laguna/Sun.Star Iloilo Interns
WHILE Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla assured City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas that they would do something with the problem on the source on power, the mayor suggested that power saving would be of much help while there is no clear solution to the alleged power problem.
He pointed out two reasons why there is a need to conserve energy in the city. The one he cited was the high cost of fuel and two, the estimated power shortage.
The mayor said he will have a meeting with the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) among other departments about the conservation of energy very soon. He added that they have distributed manuals on how to conserve energy.
"I strongly support the implementation of day light savings," said Treñas.
While on the implementation of a four-day work week, which had reportedly made some agencies save electricity, Treñas said it experience made them know it's not effective unless, offices will be closed completely during Fridays.
But he said "you can't completely close some offices like the Treasurer's Office and the Health Centers."
Meanwhile, Treñas said he has been trying to contact the secretary since Wednesday to Thursday but he failed to reach Lotilla.
The city will reportedly experience rotating brown outs this coming May to June due to the inability of the sole power distributor of the city, Panay Electric Company (Peco) to provide three-megawatt more of the city's electricity load.
The city's electricity demand will reportedly increase due to the hot weather caused by summer.
Peco, which gets its power from Mirant-owned Panay Power Corporation (PPC) has the capacity of only 79 megawatts to load the city while the peak load reaches 81.90 megawatts even until June. This was reported earlier by Mirant to the Mayor.
(April 28, 2006 issue)
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