Rolling brownouts and delayed upgrades remind the country that electricity remains a work in progress

A power grid that keeps teaching the same lesson

An opinion piece in The Manila Times describes ongoing power grid issues as an object lesson in mismanagement, pointing to delayed upgrades and recurring supply concerns across the network. Households that have weathered more than a few unplanned brownouts will recognise the diagnosis immediately, candle stash and all.

The maintenance backlog nobody wants to own

Energy analysts point to ageing infrastructure and slow permitting processes for new capacity as recurring bottlenecks, a combination that keeps supply margins uncomfortably thin during peak demand periods, especially during the hottest months of the year.

Regulators promise closer oversight

Officials have pledged stricter monitoring of grid operators going forward, a commitment that, like several similar commitments before it, will be judged less by the announcement and more by whether the lights actually stay on this time.

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Another editorial, another familiar diagnosis, and hopefully fewer brownouts to come. SOURCE: https://www.manilatimes.net/ For more British satire on a related theme, see The London Prat’s Harry and Meghan Plan UK Return.