The chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy has expressed concern that the rotational brownouts in the islands of Panay and Negros, which started last April 27, could possibly continue in the coming days. Senator Raffy Tulfo, committee chairman, said he was initially informed that the power...
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will implement power interruptions in various parts of Cavite on Sunday, Dec. 11. Power outages are scheduled from 7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. and again between 5:01 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the circuits of Abubot 32XZ and 38XZ. Affected areas include the portion of...
The forced outage of the 668-megawatt Dinginin coal-fired plant, a joint venture of the Ayala-Aboitiz group, has caused short-term electricity service disruption or brownout to more than 450,000 customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in Manila and adjacent provinces on Wednesday. According...
The Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) implementing remedies to prevent the recurrence of blackouts in its service area after investigating the causes of the recent power disruptions. According to the National Electrification Administration (NEA), PALECO Acting General Manager Federico Villar...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has promised to end the decade-long problem of power outages or brownouts in parts of the Bicol region if and when he gets elected to Malacañang. Marcos Jr. said he will favor "natural sources of energy" over coal and fossil fuels because...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay For many Filipinos, last week’s series of “rotating brownouts” brought back uncomfortable memories of those hellish power outages of the 1990s. But they also reminded us that our energy sector remains in a deplorable state despite pledges...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Senate to probe the failure of the government to bring down the cost of electricity rates in the country 20 years after the enactment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or the EPIRA Law. In filing Senate Resolution No. 746, Hontiveros said it is...
Senator Grace Poe said the proposed amendment to the Public Service Act will address the rotational blackouts and the expected increase in electricity bills. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Grace Poe/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Poe, chairperson of the Senate Public Service Committee, raised...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi apologized to the public Thursday, June 3 for the rotational brownouts that struck parts of Luzon the past few days when power reserves in the region were way down. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Screengrab from Facebook live) In a televised press...
A Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) official on Tuesday, June 1, called on the concerned local government units (LGUs) to instill the necessary measures to ensure that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are kept in storage facilities with uninterrupted power supply or with...
