System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has filed its motion for reconsideration (MR) with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for its request to be allowed monthly renewal of its ancillary services (AS) contracts while its procurement processes for power reserves are...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has issued straightforward warning to consumers to brace for rotational blackouts after the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) has thumbed down its bid to extend monthly its existing ancillary services contracts. The ancillary...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is giving guarantee to the grid integration of more than 13,000 megawatts of new renewable energy (RE) capacities to be on commercial stream in the next three years. That had been the assurance given by Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara when she laid...
With President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. as witnesses, the director-general of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) and the president of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) signed in Malacañang Palace last week a...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, March 15 raised concerns over the memorandum of understanding (MOU) entered into by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA). Hontiveros said the Marcos government should first claify...
The Philippines now has better defenses against any attack on its cybersystems following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would assist its premiere intelligence agency, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. Marcos said this as he witnessed the signing of the MOU...
At least two baseload generating units with total capacity of 300 megawatts (MW) may not be able to add power supply during the summer months, contrary to what the Department of Energy (DOE) had earlier factored in on its power supply-demand outlook. Based on current report to the relevant industry...
Sy-led Synergy Grid & Development Phils. Inc. (SGP) has declared P914.680 million worth of cash dividends to be paid to its outstanding shareholders next month. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the company emphasized that the dividend declaration will account for the...
Power rates in Mindanao region are expected to go down soon thanks to the completion by next month of the transmission link between Visayas and Mindanao by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said on Monday, Feb. 13. Cagayan de...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has scheduled series of public hearings on the tariff adjustment of transmission system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for its fourth regulatory reset covering the periods 2016-2020. The rate reset is a regulatory lag in the rates...
Distribution firms must set up refund facility -- ERC By Myrna M. Velasco The country’s power distribution utilities (DUs) are being mandated to set up "restricted fund" which they can readily tap into for the implementation of refund to customers. This contingency is in preparation in case a...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has announced that transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has already filed an application for its tariff adjustment that is expected to result in lower electricity rate to be implemented next year. The regulatory body has not...
