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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said trading in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) was suspended yesterday as the Luzon and Visayas grids ...

THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) once again placed the Luzon and Visayas grids on red and yellow alerts Thursday after a number of power plants bogged down. This is the seventh red alert for Luzon and eighth for the Visayas since the start of the year. A…

AS MALAPASCUA Island residents in northern Cebu face frequent power interruptions and rotational brownouts, the Cebu Provincial Government is plannning to rent generators from a private firm, which will be stationed on the island to provide additional electricity supply to this remote area.

INCREASING electricity demand and frequent forced shutdown of power plants signify the need for more base load power sources such as coal power plants, according to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan. The moratorium on new coal power plants, however, hinders the development of new conventional power plants.…

THE Department of Energy (DOE) said Thursday the issuance of yellow alerts, and possibly red alerts, will continue until next month as the heat index remains extremely high in most areas of the country, resulting in an increase in demand for electricity. “We can only predict the demand increase based on…

Power distribution utility firm Visayan Electric is calling for more of its commercial and industrial customers to enroll in the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) to lessen the impact of possible power shortages in the Visayas Grid.

The resumption of red and yellow alerts in Luzon and Visayas due to insufficiency in power supply has led to a temporary power interruption that affected thousa

ROTATING brownouts were implemented Tuesday afternoon as the Luzon grid was placed on a five-hour red alert status following the forced shutdown of 18 power plants. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) raised the alert status to red from 3 pm to 4 pm and from 6 pm…

The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are urging more companies to sign up for the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) to help ensure power supply sufficiency throughout the dry season. The ILP is a voluntary and demand-side management program which calls on big power consumers to…

The Department of Energy (DOE) has assured the public that it is doing its best to avoid or at least minimize the power interruptions in the country, after the