The "prince of darkness" is taking back the crippling journey to Luzon, as the country’s major power grid has been placed on "red alert" for the second time this week – entailing that consumers must prepare for the strike of probable rotational brownouts. System operator National Grid...
Senator Lito Lapid has reiterated that using renewable energy (RE) sources can help address the brownouts being experienced in Negros Occidental, Panay Island, and other areas in the country. Lapid said the country must improve usage of RE sources such as solar, wind, and hydropower. Using...
President Marcos has prodded the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to finish its projects on time as he hailed the organization as the "bedrock" of the country's progress and well-being. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as he led the...
President Marcos has lauded the energization and inauguration of the newly completed Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) 230-kiloVolt (kV) Backbone Stage 3 (CNP3), saying it brings the country one step closer to having a stable and reliable power transmission. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr....
ILOILO CITY – Residents of this city, Iloilo province, and the island-province of Guimaras will not have a convenient and easy Sunday as the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines will impose a 12-hour blackout in these areas to conduct maintenance activities. In an advisory, the power...
An Executive Order (EO) mandating state-run National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) to build transmission facilities to underpin the wheeling of generated capacities from renewable energy (RE) facilities will be issued soon by President Marcos. In an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the...
Sen. Grace Poe reiterated the Senate's call for the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines to expedite the completion of the Cebu-Panay-Negros project and all other power transmission projects. "Delay is a denial of public service," she said in a statement on Thursday, Feb. 8. This was...
ILOILO CITY – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) warned of power instability in Panay Island less than a month after the prolonged New Year power blackout. The NGCP announced on Thursday, February 1, that it may resort to manual loading dropping. “This is to preserve the...
President Marcos has called on the country's energy players to ensure reliable power supply and prevent a recurrence of the Panay Island blackout that happened early this year, as this will lead to economic losses. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this as...
President Marcos lauded the full energization of the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) as this endeavor unifies the country's power system and opens socioeconomic opportunities in the two islands. UNIFIED PH POWER SYSTEM — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (center) leads the...
The commercial operations of the ancillary services (AS) market will guarantee the full procurement of power reserves needed by system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in efficiently running the country’s electricity system. After more than a decade of planning, policy...
ILOILO CITY – A power interruption has been set in this city and towns in Iloilo province on Tuesday, January 23, three weeks after a blackout at the start of the New Year caused massive inconvenience to the people. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) announced on Sunday, January...
