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...
Two senators on Tuesday deplored the Department of Energy’s (DOE) indifference in arresting any possibility of rotational brownouts happening in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. “This is unacceptable! Kaya tayo merong DOE ay para siguraduhing meron tayong kuryente (The reason why we...
A coalition of consumer groups had filed a case against Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi at the Office of the Ombudsman for ‘grave misconduct and gross neglect of duty’ allegedly due to his failure to prevent the rotational blackouts as well as bill shocks that tormented Filipino consumers in...
The participation of businesses or companies with self-generating assets is being sought, so they can switch on their own facilities when electricity supply in the grid would run tight in the coming weeks. This particular plea was put forward by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC); and to...
President Duterte wants an end to rotational brownouts in the country. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the grand launching and oath-taking of the Global Coalition of Lingkod Bayan Advocacy Support Groups and Force Multipliers at the Philippine National Police Multipurpose...
Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao on Thursday, June 17 challenged Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi to show he is worthy of leading the Department of Energy (DOE) amid the power supply issues hounding the country. During the Senate Committee on Energy’s probe into the rotating brownouts that hit...
The Department of Energy (DOE) finally admitted that Luzon grid already lacks capacity to meet peak electricity demand, especially with the recurring dilemma of forced outages of power plants. In a Senate hearing, DOE Director Mario C. Marasigan stated that given the combined loss of capacity in...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will start soliciting tenders on its targeted competitive bidding for the procurement of ancillary services (AS) or power reserves for the country’s power grids. In a statement to the media, NGCP said it will implement public...
