Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, May 15 called on the Department of Energy (DOE), the Energy Regulatory Commission, and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to demonstrate the foresight and competence needed to address the power supply shortage being felt around the country....
Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco (Facebook) House Committee on Energy Chairman, Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco has raised the possibility that some sectors are capitalizing on the annual red and yellow alerts...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 23 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to deliver a lastong solution to the recurrent power outages hitting the country during summer season. Hontiveros made the call as electricity demand increased during the summer months and forced the National Grid...
Wheeling of generated capacities from power plants sited in the southern part of Luzon could be impeded if delays in the 500-kilovolt (kV) Tuy-Dasmarinas transmission line project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) could not be avoided due to pending legal hurdles, primarily...
TGIF is not something that electricity consumers in the Luzon grid can happily look forward to, as they will have to close the week agonizing over new threats of rotational blackouts with Luzon grid being placed on ‘red alert’ for the third time this week. On Friday morning, system operator...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) have scheduled power interruptions in some areas in Iloilo from April 20 to 21. MORE Power stated that there will be a cleaning of the 69 kilovolt (kV) sub-transmission line 5 and post-insulator...
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...
