March 12, 2020

Gencos must sked plant outages for 3 years

By Lenie Lectura – March 12, 2020 from Business Mirror ENERGY Secretary Alfonso Cusi has signed a department circular that requires all power generation companies to submit the schedule of their plant outages for three years. “All generating companies shall […]
December 6, 2016

NGCP asked to assess ‘protection systems’ to prevent future brownouts

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 5, 2016, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin As explosion at its substation was directly tagged as the cause of the November 15 rolling brownouts, system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) was directed […]
September 19, 2014

Grid Systems Operation must be returned to Transco, Urgently!

By David Celestra Tan, Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. 16 September 2014 Every transmission project undertaken by the concessionaire National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is added to its rate base to determine its transmission charges […]