Power News

September 24, 2016

NGCP cuts frequency of electricity outages

by Myrna Velasco – September 23, 2016 from Manila Bulletin For the seventh straight year, the experienced forced outages of the National Grid Corporation of the Phillippes (NGCP) had been down and allowed it to even exceed performance targets. The company said […]
September 23, 2016

NGCP: Sustained improvement for 7th year

by Lenie Lectura – September 22, 2016 from Business Mirror THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Thursday reported a sustained improvement in its performance for the seventh straight year. “The NGCP is pleased to report that from 2009 to […]
September 23, 2016

AC Energy meets 1,000-MW power-capacity goal

by Lenie Lectura – September 22, 2016 from Business Mirror AC Energy Holdings Inc., the power-development arm of the Ayala group, has achieved its target to build 1,000 megawatts (MW) of power capacity. AC Energy President John Eric Francia said […]
September 21, 2016

ERC approves construction of Quezon province power substation

by Lenie Lectura – September 20, 2016 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the National Grid  Corp. of the Philippines’s (NGCP) application for the construction of a P3.6-billion substation in Quezon province. In approving NGCP’s application […]
September 21, 2016

National Grid gets nod to build P3.6-b Pagbilao substation

by Alena Mae S. Flores – September 20, 2016 at 11:10 pm from Manila Standard Today The Energy Regulatory Commission approved the petition of National Grid Corp. of the Philippines to build the P3.6-billion Pagbilao extra high voltage substation to connect new power […]
September 21, 2016

Malampaya shutdown can derail power supply, hike rates

by Myrna Velasco – September 20, 2016 from Manila Bulletin Probabilities of shutdown of the Malampaya gas field operations will not only adversely affect the country’s power supply, but it can also trigger upticks in electricity rates. The latest threat is being […]
September 21, 2016

Coal expected to still dominate power mix

Monday, September 5, 2016 from The  Visayan Daily Star Coal is still expected to dominate the power mix in the Philippines in the next one or two decades despite increases in investments in renewable energy. This is because the overall […]
September 20, 2016

PEMC data confirms WESM power-rate increase in August

by Lenie Lectura – September 19, 2016 from Business Mirror August power rates at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) shot up following seven instances of yellow alert and three instances of red alert in the supply month, data from the Philippine […]
September 20, 2016

ERC formally junks ‘defective’ power supply agreements

by Myrna Velasco – September 19, 2016 from Manila Bulletin Eleven power supply agreements (PSAs) were junked by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for having ‘legally defective’ contractual terms. The supply deals established to have been flawed were that of the Biliran […]
September 20, 2016

DOE eyes completion of power assets privatization in 3 years

by Myrna Velasco – September 19, 2016 from Manila Bulletin The energy policy agenda of the Duterte administration intends to speed up the privatization of the remaining assets of the National Power Corporation (NPC) – with it eyed for completion in the […]