Amid soar in weather temperatures, demand for electricity in the country had reached its boiling point this week, as the highest demand of 14,016 megawatts on Wednesday (April 24) breached the peak demand projection of the Department of Energy (DOE) for this year. And while the country’s power...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is spearheading the Philippine government’s efforts on negotiating the administrative agreement (AA) that will be signed with the US government to underpin the “123 Agreement’ that was cemented last year for the targeted deployment of nuclear technologies in the...
Senators on Wednesday, April 24 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to rein in and enforce stricter oversight on power generation companies (gencos) to ensure compliance with their scheduled outages. Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero said...
Misery loves company - and Mindanao seems not passing up on a chance to commiserate with the electricity service woes of co-consumers in Luzon and Visayas, hence, it has been joining in the appalling power industry chaos. On Wednesday (April 24), system operator National Grid Corporation of the...
While many other power plants fail to deliver during this year’s El Nino-stricken weather temperatures, solar plants have been thriving as ‘powerhouse solution’ in shielding consumers from the wrath of unwanted blackouts or power service interruptions. Rotational brownouts would typically...
Despite recent energy woes and power outages in Luzon, President Marcos on Tuesday, April 23, assured that the Philippines has enough power supply and is poised to bring renewable sources of energy to stabilize the output. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a situation briefing...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the government plans to construct solar-powered cold storage facilities in Occidental Mindoro to soften the impact of the power crisis in the province. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. said that they are collaborating with the Department of...
The Philippine subsidiary of Japanese electronic giant Murata Inc. has renewed its power supply agreement (PSA) with Lopez-led First Gen Corporation for the provision of electricity services at its manufacturing facility in Batangas. First Gen emphasized that the supply to be delivered to...
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...
Leading player Aboitiz Power Corporation is scheduling the issuance of notice-to-proceed (NTP) for the construction of the next round of 1,000 megawatts (MW) of greenfield solar farm ventures that it is targeting to bring to commercial operations in the next two years. In a briefing with the media,...
Luzon and Visayas grids are having a race against time when it comes to capacity additions – that is if the country has to seriously avoid the dire consequences of threatening power crisis into these two major power grids. The Philippine Independent Power Producers Association Inc. (PIPPA)...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The provincial government has filed a petition before the Energy Regulatory Commission opposing the move of the National Power Corp. to increase electricity rates in areas outside the main Luzon grid by as much as 36 percent. In a seven-page petition, the...
