The government is giving the public false brownout warnings despite the country’s surplus power supply even as summer nears, according to a party-list lawmaker.

Based on records of the Department of Energy (DOE), House Deputy Minority Leader Neri Colmenares of Bayan Muna on Monday said, the supply surplus ranges from 310 megawatts to 952 MW for March, April and May, on top of the 700 MW sourced from the Interruptible Load Program (ILP).

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