As Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi has his attention on the sizzling political tension at the administration’s political party PDP-Laban, the power grid of Luzon grid made its own scene as it plunged Filipino consumers into brownouts while they are being inconvenienced with extremely hot summer...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has set a series of public hearings on the P17.815 billion worth of batch 2 capital expenditure (capex) projects of transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. In a notice to relevant parties, the regulatory body announced that the virtual...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 25, warned that amendments to the Public Service Act (PSA), which would allow 100 percent foreign ownership of public utilities, could pave the way for China to own critical infrastructure in the Philippines. China, Hontiveros said, could use this as leverage...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has indicated that it surpassed performance targets that had been prescribed for it to achieve in operating and managing the country’s power transmission network and facilities. It specified that among the key indicators that...
Private transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is ‘on track’ with its planned US$1.0 billion initial public offering (IPO) and is targeted to be concluded in six months, based on a mandate from the power industry regulator. “Right now, we’re on track with our...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) carried out its ‘blackout simulation drill’ as part of its emergency preparation measures in case any of the power grids would descend into unwanted power interruptions or brownouts. Similar to last year, the company noted the...
Seeks gov’t intervention System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is seeking intervention -- primarily from the government as well as relevant stakeholders -- so the worrying thinning supply in this year’s summer months until August will not result in distressing...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is reinforcing its smart grid journey with its newly launched Central Control and Monitoring System (CCMS), that will enable it to remotely monitor incidents as well as the operational functions of the country’s power grid...
With the impetus provided by the “Green Spark” corporate social responsibility (CSR) program of transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), eco-tourism in the provincial and local governments of Guimaras is being given much-needed shot in the arm. In particular,...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has been engaging industry stakeholders for inputs into the 20-year transmission development plan (TDP) that it is currently crafting to guarantee reliable electricity services, including the need to spare consumers from...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has directed power firms to prepare ‘contingency measures’ to guarantee uninterrupted power supply in Visayas and Mindanao, especially during the summer months and on the anticipated rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines. The energy department has already convened key...
Impairment in several portions of its fiber optic cable (FOC) connection is anticipated to cause further delay in the P52 billion Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP), which transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is currently implementing....
