Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM) President Angelo Palmones has faulted energy authorities for their lack of foresight and action regarding nuclear-based power generation, which could have helped avoid the recent spate of "red alert" status in the Luzon...
Threats of probable rotating brownouts would persist until June 10, as ‘red alert’ conditions are still foreseen in the country’s major power grid, according to the Department of Energy. In a presentation before the House Committee on Energy, DOE Director Mario C. Marasigan indicated that...
Secretary Alfonso Cusi doesn't believe that he has been remiss in his job as Department of Energy (DOE) chief as a result of him tending to his tasks related to politics. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Ariel Fernandez / File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cusi also wears the hat of vice chairman of ruling...
Senators were not satisfied with the Department of Energy's (DOE) response to the complaints about the brownouts in several parts of Luzon, including Metro Manila. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Facebook) Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday, June...
The Senate Committee on Energy has vowed to look into the recent spate of rotational power outages in Luzon in a bid to find a long-term solution to the electricity supply problems hounding the country especially during the summer. During the plenary debates on Wednesday, senators turned critical...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has directed generation companies (gencos) to explain their supposed breach of the maximum allowable unplanned outage days per year. ERC Chairperson Agnes Devanadera (Photo from ERC Facebook page) "Based on the examination of our technical group, there are...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has stressed that it wants "compliance" from power plants, distribution utilities (DUs), and other industry players when it comes to the rules it is implementing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOE Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella (PCOO /...
As Metro Manilans and residents in the NCR-plus bubble settled into another fortnight of general community quarantine (GCQ), they as well as those in the rest of Luzon from the Ilocos region to Bicolandia were greeted by rotational brownouts that are expected everyday during the first week of...
Consumer group Power for People Coalition (P4P) castigated local power generation companies (gencos) Wednesday, June 2 for failing to meet the power demand in the Luzon grid amid sizzling summer temperatures. (Photo from P4P Coalition) Thin power reserves have led to rotational brownouts in several...
Former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay blasted concerned government agencies for their failure to plan ahead of the shortage in electricity supply which caused rotational brownouts. On Tuesday (June 1), Meralco announced that there will be rotational brownouts for about two hours in the...
WESM electricity prices rise In the midst of a pandemic that the government is struggling to fully address efficiently, Filipino consumers are being slapped with added burdens of persistent rotating brownouts that may last until June 7 this year, plus unwarranted spikes in electricity prices that...
As Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi has his attention on the sizzling political tension at the administration’s political party PDP-Laban, the power grid of Luzon grid made its own scene as it plunged Filipino consumers into brownouts while they are being inconvenienced with extremely hot summer...
