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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 ‘force outage caps’ will not be tolerated, hence, they shall be ready to be meted anew with penalties. “Non-adhe

Worst cases of "forced outages" and generation de-rating of power plants this year could surge up to 4,332 megawatts in the Luzon grid if technical glitches in power facilities would recur at the usual historical scale, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) projected

System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has raised alarm bells of ‘thin power supply’ during the summer months - April to June. NGCP forthrightly stated there will be “thin power supply this summer due to higher demand in the new normal,” especially so since the coun

LUZON will have adequate power supply and reserves this year. That’s if the scheduled maintenance shutdown of power plants is carefully planned. The Department of Energy (DOE) said Sunday that the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has indicated to the agency that “there are no foreseen yellow alerts…

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued rules that will tighten performance and reliability standards for variable renewable energy (VRE) facilities, primarily for wind and solar farm installations. In a resolution issued by the regulatory body, it specified that the rules “shall apply

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has imposed penalties against two more power firms for exceeding the number of unplanned outage days for their hydroelectric power facilities. CBK Power Co. Ltd. (CBK) was found liable for having incurred 7.5 days of unplanned outages for its Kalayaan Unit 4. For hydroelectric power…

Malampaya’s maintenance schedule from Oct 2 to 22 revives fears of power shortage and increase in electricity rates, again

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged the Department of Energy to ensure enough power supply during the scheduled 20-day Malampaya natural gas field shutdown in October.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has stressed that it wants "compliance" from power plants, distribution utilities (DUs), and other industry players when it comes to the rules it is implementing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOE Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella (PCOO / F

Published April 16, 2021, 5:00 PM Seeks gov’t intervention System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is seeking intervention — primarily from the government as well as relevant stakeholders — so the worrying thinning supply in this year’s summer months until August will not result in distressing condition of power interruptions or brownouts. “We continue to urge the authorities to look into this impending power situation in Luzon during this summer season,”...