October 3, 2017

National Grid Corp. expects Mindanao project completed ahead of target

By Lenie Lectura – October 2, 2017 from Business Mirror THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Monday said it could complete ongoing reinforcement of the Mindanao 230-kiloVolt (kV) Transmission Backbone Project within the first quarter of 2019, months ahead of its target June […]
October 3, 2017

San Miguel power firm gets green light to link with NGCP

By Lenie Lectura – October 2, 2017 from Business Mirror SAN Miguel Consolidated Power Corp. (SMCPC) was given the green light to develop and own a dedicated point-to-point transmission facility to connect two units of its coal-power plant to the transmission facility of […]
October 2, 2017

Paleco urged to cut supply pact with nonperforming gencos

By Lenie Lectura – September 28, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Palawan Electric Cooperative (Paleco) was urged to immediately terminate power-supply agreements with under-performing generation companies (gencos). Rotating power outages are still being experienced by customers of Paleco, mainly due to problems with […]
October 2, 2017

NREB proposes clustering of small power utilities group

By Lenie Lectura – September 28, 2017 from Business Mirror IN a bid to entice more investors, the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) has asked the National Power Corp. (NPC) to regroup the off-grid areas based on their demand for power capacity. “I […]