Private transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is ‘on track’ with its planned US$1.0 billion initial public offering (IPO) and is targeted to be concluded in six months, based on a mandate from the power industry regulator. “Right now, we’re on track with our...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) carried out its ‘blackout simulation drill’ as part of its emergency preparation measures in case any of the power grids would descend into unwanted power interruptions or brownouts. Similar to last year, the company noted the...
Seeks gov’t intervention System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is seeking intervention -- primarily from the government as well as relevant stakeholders -- so the worrying thinning supply in this year’s summer months until August will not result in distressing...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is reinforcing its smart grid journey with its newly launched Central Control and Monitoring System (CCMS), that will enable it to remotely monitor incidents as well as the operational functions of the country’s power grid...
With the impetus provided by the “Green Spark” corporate social responsibility (CSR) program of transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), eco-tourism in the provincial and local governments of Guimaras is being given much-needed shot in the arm. In particular,...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has been engaging industry stakeholders for inputs into the 20-year transmission development plan (TDP) that it is currently crafting to guarantee reliable electricity services, including the need to spare consumers from...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has directed power firms to prepare ‘contingency measures’ to guarantee uninterrupted power supply in Visayas and Mindanao, especially during the summer months and on the anticipated rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines. The energy department has already convened key...
Impairment in several portions of its fiber optic cable (FOC) connection is anticipated to cause further delay in the P52 billion Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP), which transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is currently implementing....
To institutionalize N-1 contingency in a major transmission backbone in the Luzon grid, transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has completed a project that will improve reliability of electricity wheeling in the country’s main power grid. The recently energized...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is giving its word that brownouts will not hamstring the anticipated COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in the coming months, so the country can finally sneak away from the reins of the pandemic. According to Energy Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella, the department...
As part of its continuing efforts to help the Filipino people combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) donated test booths and COVID-19 test kits to the local government of Pasay City. NGCP turned over 50 test booths and 10,000 COVID-19 antibody test...
Sporadic power interruptions were experienced in Mindanao on Monday (January 18), following reported sabotage on a transmission facility of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) - primarily Tower 60 of the 138-kilovolt Balo-i-Aurora line in Tangcal, Lanao del Norte. The attack on...
