The Department of Energy (DOE) should buckle down to work and address the power supply situation in the country before it gets worse. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, said the DOE should not pass the buck since it has the legal mandate and power to compel...
In line with its warning of thin power supply during the summer months, system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is being required by the Department of Energy (DOE) to contract ample power reserves. The DOE directive is to ensure available capacity augmentation when...
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...
After more than a month, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has finally lifted the enforced “market suspension” for the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in the Visayas grid following last December’s battering of Typhoon Odette. Energy Regulatory Commission The spot market...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has raised alarm bells of ‘thin power supply’ during the summer months - April to June. NGCP forthrightly stated there will be “thin power supply this summer due to higher demand in the new normal,” especially so since the...
To avoid rotational blackouts during the summer months, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) should move or adjust the schedule of preventive maintenance shutdowns of power plants, primarily for those in the Luzon grid. Department of Energy...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is scheduling a meeting with system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for updating of power supply-demand forecasts in view of “No-El” (no electricity) fears being raised this year’s summer months and on the May 9, 2022 elections....
The recent approval granted by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on the license for the commercial operations of the 724.965-megawatt GNPower Dinginin (GNPD) thermal generating plant will put power supply on a safer zone during the May 2022 elections as well as for the demand peak on the...
The field personnel and crew of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) as well as other power companies, like the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), had to sacrifice missing their families on Christmas day as they were deployed for restoration works at calamity-hit areas in Visayas...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered at least two-month leeway on the electric bill payments of consumers in the typhoon-affected areas in Visayas and Mindanao. This order came alongside its call for speedy restoration of electricity services in the affected areas. The power industry...
In efforts to bring back light to Filipino households in typhoon-stricken areas before this weekend’s Christmas celebrations, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is joining the bandwagon of industry stakeholders that will fast-track the restoration of electricity service for...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said it cannot commit yet if Filipino consumers in the typhoon Odette-battered areas in Visayas and Mindanao will fully regain their electricity services before the Christmas celebrations next week. In a press briefing, Energy Undersecretary Felix William B....
