Congress, DOE set talks on emergency powers

The Department of Energy (DOE) and Congress are set to discuss President Aquino’s request for emergency powers to deal with a projected electricity shortage in Luzon in the summer of 2015. Sen. Sergio Osmeña, who chairs the Senate committee on energy, has asked for a special meeting with Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla and Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) president Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. to thresh out details on the grant of special powers.



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