Luzon and Visayas grids are having a race against time when it comes to capacity additions – that is if the country has to seriously avoid the dire consequences of threatening power crisis into these two major power grids. The Philippine Independent Power Producers Association Inc. (PIPPA)...
Three high-impact projects under the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) have been endorsed to the American and Japanese Investors in the Luzon Economic Corridor plan. In a statement on Monday, April 22, the BCDA said the top projects listed were the Subic-Clark Railway Project...
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 "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...
Power supply in the Luzon system is still at its ‘fragile state’, prompting system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to declare fresh wave of ‘yellow alert’ condition in the grid on Wednesday (April 17) as 18 electric generating units are still on forced outages....
President Marcos urged Filipinos to work with the government to ensure a stable power supply by conserving energy in light of the Red and Yellow Alerts in the Luzon Grid. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos said this after the National Grid Corporation of the...
The sudden forced outages at the units 1 and 2 generating units of the Kalayan hydropower plant in Laguna past 4:00pm on Tuesday served as the final trigger to the rotational brownouts that had been scheduled in some provinces in the Luzon grid. By 4:15pm, system operator National Grid Corporation...
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...
By peak demand hours of 2:00 to 4:00pm and at prime time hours of 6:00 to 9:00pm this Wednesday, consumers in the Luzon grid are feared to be teetering into rotational brownouts or a state of red alert because of close to 20 power generating units suffering forced outages. A red alert, in...
The Philippines, Japan, and the US announced the launch of the Luzon Economic Corridor, the first Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment corridor in the Indo-Pacific, which aims to accelerate coordinated investments in high-impact infrastructure projects in Subic Bay. Photos: PCO,...
The Police Regional Office-3 said four persons drowned during the Holy Week in Central Luzon. The victims – two minors and two adults – were from Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, and Zambales. On the other hand, two individuals were rescued from drowning in Aurora province. The PRO-3 has deployed 1,000...
