THE Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) on Friday recommended the postponement of the planned fuel shift of the 1,200-megawatt (MW) Ilijan combined-cycle power plant from biodiesel to pure diesel given the looming power shortage next summer.

PSALM president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. said a fuel shift might not help in augmenting the expected power shortage next year  because it will not guarantee an increase in the load of the plant’s Block 1.

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