Rotating power disruptions are set to return to Luzon and Visayas on Friday, May 15, as the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the two regional grids under yellow and red alert status due to widening supply deficit. The NGCP advised that the Luzon grid will experience yellow...
Country’s energy infrastructure is buckling under intensified seasonal demand, with grid operators warning of a second consecutive day of rotating power outages across the country’s two largest island groups. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed both the Luzon and...
Pasay City has declared a red alert in response to an unfolding situation at the Senate complex, mobilizing emergency and security agencies to ensure public safety and maintain order in the area. According to an advisory issued by the Pasay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The Calabarzon Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) is on red alert due to super typhoon ‘’Nando.’’ This is to ensure prompt response and coordination of government agencies and local governments in the possible effects of the storm,...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has placed its operations center on red alert, its highest emergency status, in preparation for the possible impact of Typhoon “Nando” (international name: Ragasa). The NDRRMC issued Memorandum Number 245 series of 2025 which...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) clarified on Tuesday, Sept. 16, that its decision to raise the military’s status to red alert was unrelated to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s cancellation of his planned trip to New York, United States. AFP spokesperson Colonel Francel Margareth...
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...
Around eight power plants have shut down due to the onset of Tropical Storm Aghon, which may trigger a red alert next week, according to the Department of Energy (DOE). The energy department recorded a total of 26 plants that have currently gone to a forced outage. In a briefing on Monday, May 27,...
The Luzon Grid will be under red alert for a six-hour period on Monday afternoon, followed by a yellow alert for another four hours during the day. According to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the red alert status will be in effect from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. 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...
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...
With high anticipation that electric bills will drastically spike during the summer months, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) sounded off this early that it will prod the private distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) on staggered billing on the resulting radical rate...
