The Department of Energy (DOE) is scheduling a meeting with system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for updating of power supply-demand forecasts in view of “No-El” (no electricity) fears being raised this year’s summer months and on the May 9, 2022 elections....
The recent approval granted by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on the license for the commercial operations of the 724.965-megawatt GNPower Dinginin (GNPD) thermal generating plant will put power supply on a safer zone during the May 2022 elections as well as for the demand peak on the...
The field personnel and crew of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) as well as other power companies, like the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), had to sacrifice missing their families on Christmas day as they were deployed for restoration works at calamity-hit areas in Visayas...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered at least two-month leeway on the electric bill payments of consumers in the typhoon-affected areas in Visayas and Mindanao. This order came alongside its call for speedy restoration of electricity services in the affected areas. The power industry...
In efforts to bring back light to Filipino households in typhoon-stricken areas before this weekend’s Christmas celebrations, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is joining the bandwagon of industry stakeholders that will fast-track the restoration of electricity service for...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said it cannot commit yet if Filipino consumers in the typhoon Odette-battered areas in Visayas and Mindanao will fully regain their electricity services before the Christmas celebrations next week. In a press briefing, Energy Undersecretary Felix William B....
The Commission on Audit has upheld the decision of two state-run firms engaged in power management and distribution to spend US$ 2.69 million (approximately P134.5 million) in hiring foreign and local lawyers, together with expert witnesses, for legal representation in the arbitration proceedings...
Gen. Dionardo Carlos, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, Dec. 4, to look into the bombing of a transmission tower of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) in Maguing town of Lanao del Sur. “The investigation will establish what really...
Listed firm Synergy Grid and Development Philippines Inc. (SGP) has declared dividend payout of more than P1.053 billion to its investor-shareholders to be settled early next year. In a statement, the company specified that the total payout will be P1,053,173,200 or an equivalent of P0.20 per share...
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...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is scheduling P440 billion worth of investments that will be funneled to 211 projects to be concretized in a span of more than a decade. According to the company, the capital outlay will be spread over 13 years that will...
Start-up renewable energy (RE) firm Matuno River Development Corporation (MRDC) is advancing on to the commercial operation of its 8-megawatt hydroelectric power generating facility before the end of this year. The company announced that the run-of-river power project, which is sited in Bambang,...
