The Department of Energy (DOE) has lined up contingency measures to stem probable power service interruptions during the two-week maintenance shutdown of the Malampaya gas production facility in Feb. 4 to 18, 2023. Primary step pushed by the energy department is the designation of a “must-run...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has denied the plea of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), which operates the country's transmission grid, to delay the process of resetting the transmission system rate. The ERC promulgated the denial of NGCP’s motion on Wednesday, Dec. 7,...
The recurring forced outages of power plants triggered another wave of "yellow alert" or insufficiency of power reserves in the Luzon grid on Monday, Dec. 5, as declared by system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. Yellow alert in the grid had been raised from 1:00 to 4:00pm;...
From the rotational brownouts on Sunday and the momentary declaration of "red alert" on Monday, Nov. 28, alarm bells are being raised that consumers may need to brace for recurring strained power supply in the main grid of Luzon, especially when the summer months would kick off. System operator...
Consumers in Luzon grid are teetering into brownout predicaments on this week’s first day of work as system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) raised "red alert" warning or a condition of severely strained power reserves due to simultaneous outages of power plants. This...
Listed firm Synergy Grid and Development Philippines Inc., the holding company of transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), posted substantial net income climb to P28.679 billion in the first nine months this year from P18.283 billion in the comparative period last...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is finally scheduling the completion of the P5.48 billion Nabas-Caticlan-Boracay transmission line in 2024, a long awaited development to underpin load growth as well as the integration of blueprinted renewable energy (RE)...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga Peninsula and other parts of northwestern Mindanao experienced a massive power outage on Monday, Nov. 14. PHOTO lifted from NGCP FB The NGCP said the power outage occurred after the Baloi-Aurora 138-kilovolt (KV) and Agus 5-Aurora 138-KV lines tripped off at 10...
A record-high 2023 budget has been accorded to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to enable the regulatory body to strengthen its mandate to implement a "rate reset" or rate adjustment of regulated power utilities, primarily the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), as well as...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will appeal the Energy Regulation Commission (ERC) decision imposing a penalty and ruling on alleged non-compliance to publication requirements for its power reserves or ancillary services (AS) procurement to satiate its...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) expressed its willingness to work with the current leadership in the energy sector, primarily on the warranted procurement of reserves for the reliable operations of the power system, if vested interests and fairness will be upheld...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has entered into P20.02-billion worth of new contracts for the construction of transmission projects in the first semester of this year, according to a report submitted by its holding company Synergy Grid & Development Phils....
