November 2, 2021

Gov’t needs P33 B to buy out coal plants in Mindanao

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 31, 2021, 10:30 PM from Manila Bulletin The Philippine government will need to shell out more than P330 billion if it will concretize its plan to ‘buy out’ coal plants in Mindanao grid as […]
March 10, 2020

Meralco’s revised power deal TOR out this week

By Lenie Lectura -March 10, 2020 from Business Mirror The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is likely to release this week the revised terms of reference (TOR) for the competitive bidding of a 1,200-megawatt (MW) power supply contract. “I hope we […]
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 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 […]