The Pasay City government said the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will implement power service interruption along Taft Avenue on Nov.23. In its Facebook page, the Pasay Public Information Office (PIO) said Meralco’s scheduled power disruption will be from 11:00 p.m. on Nov. 23 up to 4:00 a.m....
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has announced power interruptions in some barangays in Caloocan, Valenzuela, Quezon City, and some municipalities in Bulacan province starting Monday, Nov. 21. Meralco said there will be power interruptions in GSIS Hills Subdivision in...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), this city’s sole electricity distributor, has implemented another power rate increase, the second in three months. A MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) line man at work in Iloilo City. (MORE Power) MORE Power announced on Friday,...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is finally scheduling the completion of the P5.48 billion Nabas-Caticlan-Boracay transmission line in 2024, a long awaited development to underpin load growth as well as the integration of blueprinted renewable energy (RE)...
PAGBILAO, Quezon – A proposed ordinance banning the construction of new power plants using coal or diesel in this town was presented in a public hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 16. PHOTO courtesy of Jay Lim's FB shows the proposed ordinance being discussed by the Pagbilao municipal council. The...
The local government of Pasay City informed the residents in Villamor Airbase that the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be implementing power service interruption on Thursday, Nov. 17, due to upgrading of facilities in the area. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said residents along 9th and 10th...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the planned P3.22 billion initial public offering (IPO) of Premiere Island Power REIT Corporation (PREIT), the power and infrastructure REIT platform of Villar-led Prime Asset Ventures, Inc. The SEC said PREIT is a real estate investment...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga Peninsula and other parts of northwestern Mindanao experienced a massive power outage on Monday, Nov. 14. PHOTO lifted from NGCP FB The NGCP said the power outage occurred after the Baloi-Aurora 138-kilovolt (KV) and Agus 5-Aurora 138-KV lines tripped off at 10...
The Pasay City government announced that a four-hour power service interruption will be implemented at F.B. Harrison and Don B. Hernandez on Saturday, Nov. 12. The city government advised residents in the area to make necessary preparation before the implementation of power outage from 9:00 a.m. to...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, November 11 maintained that safety issues surrounding the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), remain unanswered, and thus, funds for its maintenance should be realigned to fund the government’s economic recovery programs. Among the issued hounding the BNPP is its...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has given the Department of Energy (DOE) the greenlight for its plan to explore and develop the country's offshore wind (OSW) potential as a source of clean and sustainable energy. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the President) Marcos ordered DOE Secretary...
Independent power producers (IPPs) in the country are asking for a permanent zero tariff on all types of coal imports from non-ASEAN countries to diversify sources of coal outside of Indonesia and ensure energy security in the country. In a presentation during the public hearing conducted by the...
