October 10, 2016

NGCP urges customers to join ILP

by Lenie Lectura – October 8, 2016 from Business Mirror TO help ease load requirements of the grid during high-demand times, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is encouraging its directly connected customers to participate in its Interruptible […]
October 22, 2014

DOE’s Power Shortage Prediction Needs to Regain Credibility in a Hurry

By David Celestra Tan 20 October 2014 Despite all the technical and econometric considerations that go into projecting the country’s power demand and supply, it is still in the end not an exact science. There are many assumptions that may […]
October 1, 2014

Business Mirror: Emergency powers and other options

By Edgardo Angara, September 20, 2014  Business Mirror BETWEEN 1987 and 1992, the Philippines suffered a severe power crisis, experiencing brownouts that average 8 to 10 hours a day. Faced with a 3,000-megawatt (MW) shortfall, the nation endured nearly 500 […]
September 29, 2014

Emergency in Power, Summer of 2015 and Section 71

By David Celestra Tan Let us grant for the sake of argument that there could be a shortage of 200 to 500mw of power supply in Luzon this coming summer. (Mindanaoans are probably saying “welcome to the club”!)  Let us […]