April 17, 2017

Luzon grid on ‘yellow alerts’ until June

by Myrna Velasco – April 16, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Luzon grid will recurrently be in misery of “yellow alert conditions” or insufficient power reserves and even brownout threats from April until June, according to the modified power supply-demand […]
April 11, 2017

Luzon grid threatened with rolling brownouts due to thin power reserve

by Myrna M. Velasco – April 10, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Luzon grid inched close into having rolling brownouts on Monday as system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) raised power system condition to “red alert status” […]
March 29, 2017

DOE faces House probe on summer’s plant shutdowns

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 28, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The House of Representatives is set to drag the Department of Energy (DOE) into another round of investigation on why it has not been able to efficiently evade […]
March 27, 2017

SMC’s Limay plant to boost supply for summer months

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 26, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Available power capacity may run tight during the summer months because of the successive maintenance shutdowns of power plants, but the Department of Energy (DOE) is at least […]