The Luzon Grid will be under red alert for a six-hour period on Monday afternoon, followed by a yellow alert for another four hours during the day. According to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the red alert status will be in effect from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to...
As Luzon grid descended into new round of red alert that was prompted by the tripping of a major power plant, consumers are left with no choice but to suffer through inconvenience and relive the stress of waiting for another wave of spikes in their electric bills. System operator National Grid...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has primarily issued warning on system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and market operator Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) that they could be meted with penalties if they will not strictly comply...
Probabilities of rotational brownouts could wreck some parts in the Visayas, as system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) raised alarm on the critical state of overloading at the 69-kilovolt (kV) Amlan-Siaton transmission line in the grid. Prompted by that dilemma, NGCP...
President Marcos rejected suggestions that there was an artificial power crisis in the Philippines after different alert levels were raised in the country's power grids, saying the demand increased due to the ongoing El Niño. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (KJ Rosales/PPA Pool)...
Sen. Raffy Tulfo has filed a resolution that seeks to investigate the alarming power supply issue hounding the country. Tulfo who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy, filed Senate Resolution No. 1008 following the declaration of red and yellow alerts in the Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao grids. A...
Senator Raffy Tulfo stressed the need for intensified monitoring from the Department of Energy (DOE), National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), and generation companies of power plants to avoid recurring brownouts. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy, mentioned this as he...
Rotational blackouts at various provinces in the Luzon grid as well as Metro Manila areas may roll by 2:00 to 4:00pm this afternoon, according to the latest advisories of system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines and power utility giant Manila Electric Company. The first batch of...
Following the recent interconnection deal for the Alabat wind project, Alternergy Holdings Corp. (Alternergy) signed a new deal with the National Grid Corporation (NGCP) for the Tanay Wind Power Project in Rizal. Alternergy’s subsidiary, the Alternergy Tanay Wind Corpo. (ATWC), and the NGCP...
The crippling blackouts that plunged Panay island into a state of distress in the initial days of the New Year has less chance of recurrence because of the completion of the 230-kilovolt (kV) Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. That has been the...
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....
