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...
After massive power interruptions that affected more than 1.5 million Filipino customers as an aftermath of tropical storm Jolina, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi is calling on all power industry players to intensify their preparations and reinforce contingency measures to minimize brownout...
More than 500,000 customers in Luzon and thousands more of Visayas customers suffered brownouts because of typhoon-induced trippings of transmission lines as well as damages incurred by power facilities. Cusi Photo As of press time, however, the Department of Energy (DOE) was not able to give...
Fake letters or correspondence sent by unscrupulous individuals to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) had caused delays in power plant maintenance activities that subsequently triggered this year’s rotational blackouts, according to the Department of Energy. As explained by the energy...
As the month of August is now more than halfway, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is now being prodded to make public the outcome of its investigations on the ‘forced outages’ violations of the generation companies that triggered the double whammy of rotational blackouts and rate spikes...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is painting a scenario that electricity supply will be enough during the election period next year, but the supply-demand outlook it presented to media has not taken into account critical factors yet – including the recurring forced outages of power plants, the gas...
