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...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered a thorough investigation into the suspected act of sabotage of a major power transmission line in Batangas. The order stemmed from the request of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for...
House Committee on Nuclear Energy Chairman Pangasinan 2nd district Rep. Mark Cojuangco didn 't mince words as he gave his opinion about the Department of Energy 's (DOE) policy on renewable energy (RE). Speaking during the joint hearing of the Committees on Energy and on Legislative...
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...
APEC Party-list Rep. Sergio Dagooc is urging the government to review Department of Energy (DOE) and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) policies that may be contributing to both supply constraints and higher electricity costs. Dagooc made this call in light of the recent rotating brownouts in Luzon...
Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez refuses to pin any blame on system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NBCP) as far as the recent rotating brownouts in Luzon and Visayas are concerned. The reason? The NGCP carried out its duty and ultimately fixed the problem,...
For Murang Kuryente Party-list Rep. Arthur Yap, the root cause of the recent rotating brownouts is simple: inadequate power supply. This was highlighted by Yap during the joint hearing of the House Committees on Energy and on Legislative Franchises Tuesday, May 26, on the back-to-back tripping of...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has denied before congressmen allegations that it failed to submit reports in a timely manner to energy regulators regarding the back-to-back tripping of the 500 kilovolt (KV) Ilijan-Dasmariñas and Ilijan-Tayabas transmission lines. NGCP...
State-run Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC), which manages the country ’s first sovereign wealth fund (SWF), has signed a cooperation agreement with key government energy agencies to modernize and rehabilitate the aging power transmission system of Mindoro Island, with officials aiming to...
National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) requested a formal police investigation into a suspected act of sabotage that severed a critical 500-kilovolt transmission line and deepened the power shortage across the country. The grid operator sent a letter dated May 15 to Philippine National...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) plans to invest nearly ₱7 billion in a dedicated substation to guarantee a stable power supply for New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, anticipating a surge in demand from a planned artificial intelligence (AI) industrial hub. Joshua Bingcang,...
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...
