The Philippine National Police (PNP) ordered heightened patrols nationwide amid rotational brownouts following fears that prolonged outages could trigger theft and street-level crimes in affected communities. PNP Chief, Police General Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. said local police commanders were...
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...
CEBU CITY – Rotational brownouts hit Metro Cebu due to thinning power reserves caused primarily by the prolonged outage of several power plants. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas Grid under Red Alert on Thursday, May 14, prompting Visayan Electric to implement...
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) began implementing a series of rotating power interruptions across Metro Manila and neighboring provinces on Thursday, May 14, as the Luzon grid struggled under severe generation deficits.
The country’s largest power distributor announced the manual load dropping...
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...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has committed to reinforce its operational capabilities to ensure that law enforcement services remain continuous despite the threat of power shortages in off-grid provinces. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said all regional and provincial...
Despite staring at a massive P10-billion budget shortfall for the rest of the year no thanks to runaway fuel prices, the National Power Corporation (Napocor) assured House of Representatives members on Wednesday, April 8 that there will be no power interruptions in its service areas. Giving his...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has debunked reports there could be widespread brownouts this year due to the ongoing oil crisis brought about by the conflict in the Middle East. DOE Undersecretary Felix “Wimpy” Fuentebella made the assurance during the Senate’s hearing on the Proactive...
COTABATO CITY – A stray bullet from a fatal shooting triggered a fire on a power transmission tower, causing a six-hour brownout across Cotabato City and parts of Maguindanao del Norte and North Cotabato Sunday night. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines reported an emergency shutdown at...
An unexpected power outage could not have come at a more ironic moment, as the Department of Energy (DOE) experienced a brownout at its own head office in Taguig City during a press briefing led by the DOE chief himself. During a press conference held by Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla,...
Lights on? or lights off? That’s not one of the typical ‘fast talk’ questions being thrown by a country’s well-known television host, rather, that is a state of the country’s power supply that primarily distressed Filipino consumers in this year’s summer months. In the third State of...
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...
