February 1, 2018

Erring power companies to get penalty

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 31, 2018 at 07:00 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department will issue rules in June penalizing power companies found to have caused a forced outage in the power grid, especially through negligence. “We […]
October 25, 2017

DOE sets penalty versus power facilities’ outages

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 24, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Forced outages in power plants and tripping of transmission lines will soon be enforced with penalties based on the ‘causers pay principle’ being thought out by the Department […]
September 29, 2017

NGCP says reserves in Luzon grid thin again

By Alena Mae S. Flores – September 28, 2017 at 07:01 pm from manilastandard.net Grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines declared a ‘yellow alert’ in the Luzon grid for a few hours Thursday amid thin reserves brought about by the outage […]
September 21, 2017

RCOA: The ‘promise and peril’ of electricity consumer’s choice (Part I)

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 20, 2017, 12:22 PM from Manila Bulletin Retail competition and open access policy – or simply the RCOA, has arrived more than 10 years late.  Yet we sigh, its promise of ‘freedom of choice’ remains […]