ILOILO CITY — A blackout hit Boracay Island over the weekend. Power was restored on Monday afternoon. The Department of Energy (DOE) said damaged underground cables at Caticlan Airport in mainland Malay town in Aklan province caused the power interruption from Sept. 13 to 15. The Nabas-Unidos...
While the Luzon and Visayas grids are enjoying a rare respite from their usual summer 'red ' and 'yellow ' alert spasms, Europe was hit hard by the massive Spain-Portugal blackouts on April 28 – a stark reminder that even giant energy markets can go dark when the grid...
The ‘ may liwanag ang buhay ’ mantra did not prevail over the wrath of typhoon Carina after many parts of Metro Manila and nearby provinces were submerged into extreme flooding on Wednesday (July 24) and that triggered electricity service cut-off to many consumers, yet power utility giant...
The crippling blackouts that plunged Panay island into a state of distress in the initial days of the New Year has less chance of recurrence because of the completion of the 230-kilovolt (kV) Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. That has been the...
TOKYO, Japan – A Japanese company has presented an offer to the Philippine government on the application of an artificial intelligence-based (AI) technology that can systematically track power outages and could also aid in right-sizing the design of transmission network as well as other...
The penalties being collected by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has been proposed to be re-channeled as compensation to consumers who are casualties of blackout incidents, similar to the four-day power failure which plunged Western Visayas into a state of economic vulnerability and...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is recommending the establishment of a ‘new protocol’ that shall firmly guide National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on power supply-demand balance at the course of its grid operations during emergency situations. As stated by Energy Undersecretary...
The government is eyeing possible sanctions against the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) and several power plant operators over the massive power blackouts in Western Visayas that affected schools, businesses, and livelihoods, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said. ...
(Unsplash) What punitive and corrective action does the Department of Energy (DOE) and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) plan to impose against the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) over the massive power outage in Western Visayas? ...
An additional credit line of P10 billion for state-run National Power Corporation (NPC) is planned for next year to prevent blackouts in the off-grid areas it has been servicing. According to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla, the new amount will be on top of the P5 billion that had been...
(Unsplash) A pro-health congressman has castigated the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for the rotating power interruptions in Luzon, saying it has failed to prevent the scenario despite his warnings. “Maaga pa, sinabi na natin (We told them early on) that ancillary services...
Rowena Guanzon P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon is calling on the government to do something--anything--to address the 20-hour blackouts besetting Occidental Mindoro. For Guanzon, it's the schoolchildren's welfare that's at stake, since the outages are occurring in the middle of summer. "20...
