October 13, 2017

NGCP targets Mindanao grid reinforcement by 2019

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 12, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Following last weekend’s partial blackout in Mindanao, the country’s power system operator has announced that it will be completing reinforcement at the grid by the first quarter of […]
October 12, 2017

ERC collates feedback on bill-deposit draft rules

By Lenie Lectura – October 11, 2017 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is soliciting comments on the newly released draft rules governing the monitoring and reporting process of bill deposits. A bill deposit, equivalent to the estimated billing for one […]
October 12, 2017

Visayas electricity supply still tight

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 11, 2017 at 07:33 pm from manilastandard.net The Visayas grid will experience tight power supply, with “yellow and red alerts” until December this year, underscoring the need for additional reserves in the region, an official of Philippine […]
October 12, 2017

Saudi, other foreign firms set tenders on AES asset sale

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 11, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Saudi Arabian company ACWA Power is reportedly among the prospective investors that had put an offer into the targeted divestment of the Philippine assets of American firm AES […]