September 23, 2017

NGCP places Luzon grid on ‘yellow alert’

by Alena Mae S. Flores – September 22, 2017 at 07:01 pm from manilastandard.net The Luzon grid was placed on a yellow alert status for several hours on Friday as power supply remains thin with the forced outage of several plants. The Energy Department […]
September 22, 2017

High power demand causing ‘yellow alerts’

By Alena Mae S. Flores – September 21, 2017 at 07:01 pm from manilastandard.net Luzon faces tight power supply despite the completion of several generation plants, as robust economic activities led to higher demand especially during weekends. Consumer group Citizen Watch on Thursday […]
September 21, 2017

Electricity reserve not enough

by Alena Mae S. Flores – September 20, 2017 at 09:01 pm  from manilastandard.net Manila Electric Co., the country’s biggest electricity retailer, has expressed concern over the series of yellow alerts since end August that has been plaguing the Luzon grid, a company executive […]
September 18, 2017

Pagbilao coal plant tests full capacity

by Alena Mae S. Flores – September 17, 2017 at 06:01 pm from manilastandard.net Pagbilao Energy Corp. has reached the maximum 420-megawatt capacity of its $1-billion Pagbilao 3 coal-fired power plant in November, its top executive said over the weekend. Aboitiz Power Corp. president […]