The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has partially granted the petition of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) as it reversed the decision issued by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) which dismissed the P22 million claim for refund of city taxes and other business taxes. On...
While weekends are sacred respite for most families or households, consumers in Luzon cannot rest easy because they can be stricken with the malady of rotational power service interruptions anytime this Saturday following the declaration of new wave of ‘red alert’ in the grid. According to...
As Luzon grid descended into new round of red alert that was prompted by the tripping of a major power plant, consumers are left with no choice but to suffer through inconvenience and relive the stress of waiting for another wave of spikes in their electric bills. System operator National Grid...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has primarily issued warning on system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and market operator Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) that they could be meted with penalties if they will not strictly comply...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, May 15 called on the Department of Energy (DOE), the Energy Regulatory Commission, and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to demonstrate the foresight and competence needed to address the power supply shortage being felt around the country....
Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco (Facebook) House Committee on Energy Chairman, Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco has raised the possibility that some sectors are capitalizing on the annual red and yellow alerts...
Probabilities of rotational brownouts could wreck some parts in the Visayas, as system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) raised alarm on the critical state of overloading at the 69-kilovolt (kV) Amlan-Siaton transmission line in the grid. Prompted by that dilemma, NGCP...
President Marcos rejected suggestions that there was an artificial power crisis in the Philippines after different alert levels were raised in the country's power grids, saying the demand increased due to the ongoing El Niño. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (KJ Rosales/PPA Pool)...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 23 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to deliver a lastong solution to the recurrent power outages hitting the country during summer season. Hontiveros made the call as electricity demand increased during the summer months and forced the National Grid...
Wheeling of generated capacities from power plants sited in the southern part of Luzon could be impeded if delays in the 500-kilovolt (kV) Tuy-Dasmarinas transmission line project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) could not be avoided due to pending legal hurdles, primarily...
TGIF is not something that electricity consumers in the Luzon grid can happily look forward to, as they will have to close the week agonizing over new threats of rotational blackouts with Luzon grid being placed on ‘red alert’ for the third time this week. On Friday morning, system operator...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) have scheduled power interruptions in some areas in Iloilo from April 20 to 21. MORE Power stated that there will be a cleaning of the 69 kilovolt (kV) sub-transmission line 5 and post-insulator...
