June 7, 2021

Regulator tags giant power firms as ‘brownout culprits’

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 7, 2021, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin ERC hints ‘pricing play’ The country’s giant power firms have been tagged as the culprits in last week’s rotational brownouts with “forced outages’ of their power plants […]
October 5, 2019

Government, TeaM Energy in renewable tie-up

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 04, 2019 at 08:10 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department, in partnership with TeaM Energy Philippines, the European Union-Access to Sustainable Energy Program and other partners held switch on ceremonies for the Productive […]
February 26, 2018

DOE keeps close watch on ‘forced outages’ of power plants

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 25, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With some power plants scheduled for maintenance shutdown during the summer months, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it would need to keep closer watch on […]
October 23, 2017

Luzon grid saved from rotating brownouts (From ‘red’ alert to yellow)

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 20, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Following alarm bells raised by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on probability of rotating brownouts, Luzon grid was still saved later in the day of […]