The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) warned of potential rotating power outages in the Visayas region on Tuesday, June 2, as major coal-fired power plants remained offline, straining the region’s grid generation capacity. The grid operator said manual load dropping, or...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is drawing up a list of underperforming and offline power plants following a spate of grid alerts that hit Luzon and Visayas in May. In a briefing on Monday, June 1, DOE Undersecretary Mario Marasigan noted that since May 12, the country has experienced four red...
The power grid in the Visayas faces worsening stability constraints after another electricity generator unexpectedly failed, prompting energy officials to declare a system emergency and warn of impending rolling blackouts. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas...
Visayas grid was placed under its 15th consecutive yellow alert this month even after energy regulators launched on-site inspections of major power plants in the region to determine the causes of recent forced outages and accelerate the restoration of electricity supply. The Energy Regulatory...
The Visayas power grid was placed under a prolonged yellow alert on Friday, May 22, the ninth time this month that the region’s operating margins have fallen below critical contingency requirements as a wave of plant outages strains the energy infrastructure. The National Grid Corporation of the...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas power grid on a six-hour yellow alert on Tuesday, May 19, warning of a potential supply strain due to prolonged outages at three major coal-fired power facilities. The grid operator said in an advisory that the alert will...
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...
National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has scheduled a yellow alert for the Visayas grid from the afternoon to evening of Tuesday, Aug. 5, due to unplanned power outages and a high system demand in the region. The Visayas grid was placed on yellow alert from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., as there have...
National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is placing the Visayas and Mindanao grids on yellow alert due to power plant outages and high system demand. Effective Friday, Aug. 1, from 6 to 8 p.m., the two regions will be put on a yellow alert—an advisory issued when the operating margin is...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said the country is likely to experience “yellow alerts” during the summer season, even as it assured that there will be sufficient electricity supply to avoid any power shortages or issues. In a PTV interview on Wednesday, April 2, DOE Assistant Secretary Mario...
The ‘energy insecure’ state of Luzon grid lingers, as system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) declared second wave of ‘yellow alert’ condition in the country’s biggest power grid this week. The state of ‘yellow alert’, which entails insufficiency of power...
