BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Electric Power Corp. (NEPC/Negros Power) restored power to more than 40,000 consumers here on Monday, August 26, five days after a series of power outages triggered by the shutdown of the Alijis substation on Wednesday, August 21. ROEL Castro (left), president and chief...
BACOLOD CITY – At least 47,000 households or 22 percent of the 224,000 consumers served by the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC/Negros Power) have been affected by the widespread unscheduled power interruption here since Wednesday night, August 21. AN employee of the Negros Electric and...
Several villages in some areas in Binangonan will have power interruption on Feb. 25 in line with Manila Electric Company’s maintenance activities in the affected areas. Starting at 12:01 a.m. on February 25, the power service interruption will affect portions of Quarry Road from Manila East Road...
Reiterating her stance against Charter change (Cha-cha), Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Friday, Feb. 16 that the consumers' experience of power instabilities under public utilities despite foreign involvement was a clear indication of "failure". She says that this is contrary to the claims that...
ILOILO CITY – The management of the three Iloilo Electric Cooperatives has assured no major power interruptions in this province this holiday season. “There are no scheduled power interruptions,” said James Balsomo, general manager of ILECO-III, in a joint year-end report to the Iloilo media....
LIPA CITY – Residents from various municipalities appealed for better service from the local power cooperative following recurring outages that have hit the province. Residents specifically asked Batangas II Electric Cooperative (Batelec II) which is the distributor of electric power to San Juan,...
CAVITE – The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced scheduled power interruptions in some areas in the province due to facility maintenance. Some parts of Carmona City will have no electricity from 11:00 p.m. on Nov. 13 to 4:00 a.m. on Nov. 14 to give way to installation of facilities...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here, is on alert for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. MORE Power President Roel Castro (right) vows to Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Iloilo City chief Reinier Layson that...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Many residents here expressed dismay on social media and slammed the main electricity provider in this city for a series of unscheduled power interruptions on Saturday, October 7. Service from the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company Inc. (CEPALCO) in some parts of this...
Most parts of the city proper in Antipolo City will experience power service interruption on September 4, Monday, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced. The power interruption will happen from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Monday following the scheduled facility upgrading of the electric...
BACOLOD CITY – An unscheduled power interruption affected the municipality of E.B. Magalona and Victorias City and portion of Manapla town in Negros Occidental on Tuesday, August 29. The power outage was first reported around 10:53 p.m. on Monday, August 28, due to busted lightning arrester...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Classes on all levels in some areas of this province were suspended due to a 12-hour power interruption on Friday, May 12. In an advisory, Albay Gov. Grex Lagman said that the move will prevent health hazards from the high heat index that the province is experiencing....
