BACOLOD CITY – More than 250,000 Negros Electric and Power Corp. customers (NEPC) were affected by a total blackout in Negros Occidental triggered by typhoon “Tino.” An advisory from the power firm said the unscheduled power interruption was reported at 10:41 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, after...
ILOILO CITY – Residents of this city, Iloilo province, and the island-province of Guimaras will not have a convenient and easy Sunday as the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines will impose a 12-hour blackout in these areas to conduct maintenance activities. In an advisory, the power...
President Marcos has called on the country's energy players to ensure reliable power supply and prevent a recurrence of the Panay Island blackout that happened early this year, as this will lead to economic losses. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this as...
ILOILO CITY – A power interruption has been set in this city and towns in Iloilo province on Tuesday, January 23, three weeks after a blackout at the start of the New Year caused massive inconvenience to the people. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) announced on Sunday, January...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A massive blackout affected 11 power feeders of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) covering a big portion of this city’s east coast due to a scheduled power interruption requested by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Friday, January 19. The...
ILOILO CITY – The city government led by Mayor Jerry Treñas is willing to join the proposed class-action lawsuit stemming from the New Year blackout. “(We are) standing united for justice and accountability,” Treñas said in a statement. THE city of Iloilo is willing to join a class action...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Power, this city’s power distribution utility, warned that prolonged power interruptions following the New Year blackout that affected Panay Island can happen again if the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) fails to finish a key facility in Iloilo. Roel Castro,...
Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco (Facebook) If the House Committee on Energy chairman had any takeaway from the investigation on the widespread Western Visayas power outage, it's that no single agency or entity was solely at...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has told congressmen that the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has complied with the requirements of an independent investigative panel on the April 2023 blackout on Panay...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. sought the completion of National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) infrastructure to avert another massive blackout in Panay Island. Defensor particularly wants NGCP interconnection lines for the islands of Panay, Negros and Cebu...
(Unsplash) Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor took to task government agencies for their perceived lack of action on the blackouts in Western Visayas, particularly in his home province. Defensor specifically called out the...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Capiz suffered P552 million in economic loss from the January 2 to 5 blackout that affected Panay Island, data submitted by the Capiz Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) to the Capiz Provincial Board said on Wednesday, January 10. ROXAS City is...