The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has directed the Peninsula Electric Cooperative, Inc. (PENELCO) in Bataan to help fix the line that plagued parts of Luzon into blackouts last weekend. According to NEA Engineering Department Manager Federico P. Villar, Jr. and Principal Engineer...
The next energy secretary of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will have to deal with soaring fuel prices and brownouts, which are expected to plague Filipino consumers until 2024-2025. Marcos has yet to name his energy czar that will flesh out and implement his policies for the industry in the...
Gokongwei-owned Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) enlisted at least 10 of its malls with the interruptible load program (ILP) of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to prevent brownouts. ILP is a scheme wherein entities with self-generating assets will need to switch on their facilities...
Widespread incidents of power interruptions in roughly 1,500 barangays nationwide plagued voting proceedings during the synchronized national and local elections on Monday, May 9. The National Electrification Administration (NEA), in particular, reported that about 1,456 barangays temporarily lost...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda is gnashing his teeth over the Department of Energy's (DOE) apparent inability to respond to the country's power situation, which he thinks could lead to rotating blowouts very soon. (Jarl Schmidt/ Unsplash) "Over the past days, half of our baseload plants have...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be deploying at least 272 generator sets (gensets) as well as crews and contractors in strategic locations during the May 9 election period to immediately address power supply emergency situation at its service areas. At this stage, the...
While all feasible contingency measures are being hammered out, the Department of Energy (DOE) cannot give full commitment that this year’s May 9 elections will not be spared from brownouts or power service interruptions. Nevertheless, Energy Senior Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella...
Eagle-eyed Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has stepped up investigation on the simultaneous unplanned shutdowns of habitually-delinquent power plants that plunged Luzon grid anew into "yellow alert" condition over the weekend. Following the forced outages of at least seven generating units last...
Power utilities servicing the Luzon grid still have 2,269 megawatts in available untapped or uncontracted capacities enough to supply power to distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) and ensure customers have electricity even in instances of sudden surge in demand. According to...
As thin power supply predicaments had already been raised during the summer months, a lawmaker sounded off fears that the occurrence of rotational blackouts could distort poll results during the May 9 national elections. House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Isagani...
Former Speaker and Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez has assailed officials of the Northern Davao Electric Cooperative (NORDECO) for its alleged continued inability to improve its poor service that has exacerbated the miseries faced by his constituents during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis....
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) will be filing a motion for reconsideration on the P980,400.00 penalty imposed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on forced outages violation of its newly privatized 650-megawatt Malaya thermal power facility. The...
