Power crunch forces Cebu firms to alter work hours, tap generators

Power crunch forces Cebu firms to alter work hours, tap generators

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Businesses in Cebu are adjusting work hours, running costly generator sets and increasingly turning to solar power as months of rotational brownouts continue to disrupt operations and drive up costs. Business groups here are frustrated with the prolonged power problems and warned that it is beginning to weigh on manufacturing and other industries. This problem could trickle down to consumers through higher prices, the bu…