COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao: Some parts of Mindanao, in particular Cotabato City and North Cotabato, may experience a “black” New Year as power supply in the region remains unstable as a result of a series of bombings at various transmission towers of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) this month.

Godofredo Homez, general manager of Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) in North Cotabato, said the cooperative has received an advisory from the NGCP saying the grid was experiencing a deficiency of about 75 megawatts (MW).

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