ILOILO CITY – Power was restored in Panay Island on Friday afternoon, January 5, four days after a massive blackout crippled the area on January 2. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) announced that transmission operations have been fully restored in all areas in Panay Island. Palm...
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) are working to make sure the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) takes responsibility for the long power outage in the Panay Islands. In a briefing on Friday, Jan. 5, Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla said that the...
ILOILO CITY – This city, the regional capital of Western Visayas, is losing P500 million daily from the blackout that started on January 2 and now on its fourth day on Friday, January 5. Mayor Jerry Treñas said with this calculation from the Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion...
Grid operator NGCP renews its call for a whole-of-industry approach, including better energy resource planning, following the January 2 power outage due to tripping of multiple power plants which isolated Panay island from the rest of the Visayas grid. “The unscheduled maintenance shutdowns of...
ILOILO CITY – Following the ongoing massive blackout that hit Panay Island, the Department of Energy (DOE) reiterated on Wednesday the reminder to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to adhere to its responsibilities as system operator (SO). “NGCP is in a position to anticipate...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) reported ongoing power restoration efforts in parts of Visayas that are affected by the Panay power plant shutdown. According to an update as of 6:00AM on Wednesday, Jan. 3, the NGCP said that 144.2 megawatts (MW) of power was being served by...
To overcome backlog on system impact studies (SIS) for targeted massive renewable energy (RE) installations as well as for other power projects in the country, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has enforced processes on the accreditation of third party-entities that will aid system operator...
The Iloilo Grain Complex Corp. (IGCC) asserted that the delay in the proposed 138-kV Panay-Guimaras Interconnection Project falls squarely on the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP). In a statement, IGCC said blaming the Supreme Court restraining order for the delay in its transmission...
Another transmission project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in the Visayas grid - the 138-kilovolt Panay-Guimaras interconnection project - will be facing delays due to a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court. According to the company, the TRO...
Reduction in transmission charge line item in the electric bills is the end-goal eyed from the completion of the rate reset review for system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), according to Senate Committee on Energy Vice Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian. The lawmaker is...
The long-time dream of the country to have a single-connected grid nationwide may take a little longer, as one leg of the infrastructure development toward the concretization of the P51.3 billion Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) is being impeded by a temporary restraining order (TRO)...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has indicated that transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will still be allowed eventually to recoup costs relating to programmed capital expenditure (capex) projects that were disallowed in the partial rate-setting rendered by...
