April 4, 2024

Enforce measures to avert expected tight power supply, solon urges DOE

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 3, 2024, 8:25 pm from manilastandard.net Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday asked the Department of Energy (DOE) to implement stop-gap measures to avert the forescasted “yellow alert” in the Luzon […]
March 6, 2023

No Malampaya gas commitment on planned ‘fuel swap’ – Meralco

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 5, 2023, 8:34 PM from Manila Bulletin Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) said the proposed “fuel swap” arrangement’ aimed at bringing back the 1,200-megawatt Ilijan generating facility to operation cannot be concluded […]
January 12, 2023

DOE won’t rule out brownouts this year

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 10, 2023, 3:47 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is trying to paint a scenario that Luzon grid will still have supply despite forecasts of strained reserves. At the same time, […]
February 8, 2022

ERC says adherence to plant outages cap ‘non-negotiable’

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 7, 2022, 4:49 PM from Manila Bulletin With alarm bells raised on highly probable rotational blackouts during the summer months, the country’s generation companies (GenCos) are being warned that breach of regulatory policy on […]