In a media briefing last week, Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara said that the Luzon grid could be distressed with 12 incidents of yellow alerts for eight months this year, a condition in the power system entailing insufficiency of power reserves. This forecast is...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is trying to paint a scenario that Luzon grid will still have supply despite forecasts of strained reserves. At the same time, the agency stopped short of admitting that with just one major plant that will conk out, such incident will result in "red alert" or a...
With alarm bells raised on highly probable rotational blackouts during the summer months, the country’s generation companies (GenCos) are being warned that breach of regulatory policy on ‘force outage caps’ will not be tolerated, hence, they shall be ready to be meted anew with penalties....
Worst cases of "forced outages" and generation de-rating of power plants this summer could surge up to 4,332 megawatts in the Luzon grid if technical glitches in power facilities would recur at the usual historical scale, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP)...
In line with its warning of thin power supply during the summer months, system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is being required by the Department of Energy (DOE) to contract ample power reserves. The DOE directive is to ensure available capacity augmentation when...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has raised alarm bells of ‘thin power supply’ during the summer months - April to June. NGCP forthrightly stated there will be “thin power supply this summer due to higher demand in the new normal,” especially so since the...
To avoid rotational blackouts during the summer months, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) should move or adjust the schedule of preventive maintenance shutdowns of power plants, primarily for those in the Luzon grid. Department of Energy...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued rules that will tighten performance and reliability standards for variable renewable energy (VRE) facilities, primarily for wind and solar farm installations. In a resolution issued by the regulatory body, it specified that the rules “shall apply...
A subsidiary-company of SN Aboitiz Power Inc. (SNAP) has filed a motion for reconsideration on the fines imposed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on alleged ‘forced outage breach’ of its Ambuklao-Binga hydro power plant in Benguet. SNAP- Benguet said the regulator-enforced...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) sought collaboration with the industry stakeholders, primarily with the Department of Energy (DOE), on its bid to finally resolve issues hounding the country’s power system – including those on reserves, transmission facility...
The power generation companies (GenCos) that are experiencing prolonged outages on their generation facilities could face anti-competitive behavior and economic sabotage raps because they have been violating government-enforced laws and policies, according to the Department of Energy. According to...
