The Department of Energy (DOE) stands firm on its call for the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to secure ancillary services (AS), which it says are urgently needed to obtain...
With the thinning power supply in the Luzon Grid, the Department of Energy (DOE) said it wanted to postpone the maintenance activities for the Sual-coal fired and Ilijan gas-fired power plants. Based...
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has warned of corruption in the power sector if Energy Sec. Alfonso Cusi’s proposals for the government to get involved again in the generation and transmission of electricity would...
In the wake of last week’s Red Alerts that led to rotational brownouts in Luzon, Energy Sec. Alfonso Cusi said that he wants the government to regain control of the country’s power...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) warns of “soaring electricity rates” should the Department of Energy (DOE) continue pushing the grid operator to have 100% firm contracting for ancillary services...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to explain why there are delays in the 33 transmission projects it it earlier sought regulatory approval....
Power consumers in Luzon, including Metro Manila, still have to brace for rotating brownouts this coming week, as the Department of Energy (DOE) warned of Red Alerts until June 10. During the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) wants to penalize power generating companies (gencos) and is even looking to file cases against them for the unplanned outages that led to the Red and Yellow...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) expects Red Alerts to go on in the Luzon Grid until June 7. NGCP spokesperson Atty. Cynthia Alabanza said that Red Alerts are expected...
The sudden outage of the 316-megawatt (MW) Unit 2 of the GNPower Mariveles coal-fired power plant, which led to the entire facility’s shutdown, triggered the longer implementation of the Red Alert status...
