Oriental Mindoro Faces Blackout Risk Amid Power Supply Shortage
Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) has urged its power suppliers to immediately restore full contracted capacity, warning that a significant supply shortfall could lead to widespread manual load dropping on Saturday, Oct. 10.
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