Monday, 24 June 2024
6 days ago
INSIDER VIEW: When power outages hit home
The reality is that the power sector lacks capacity. I do not know precisely how much, but the red alerts are the official signs by National Grid Corporation of the Philippines that we need more capacity to meet demand.
4 Jun 2024
11:48AM
Meralco gets glassmakers' commitments to help avert blackouts during power shortages
The country’s largest electricity retailer on Tuesday said it had secured commitments from two glass manufacturing firms to help ease the burden of the power grid during times of high demand.
Meralco alerts large consumers for voluntary ‘de-loading’ as tight electricity supply lingers
30 May 2024
10:02AM
Meralco customers' voluntary de-loading averted blackouts amid red alert
29 May 2024
10:45AM
Red Alert: Meralco Implements Manual Load Dropping, 250k Customers Affected
23 May 2024
10:22PM
3 Jun 2024
6:00AM
INSIDER VIEW: Yellow and red alerts — the power grid conundrum
With the spate of over outages experienced in recent days in Luzon, power industry veteran Guido Delgado takes a look at how delays at the energy regulator have contributed to the recent spate or yellow and red alerts... and what can be done to fix this.
27 May 2024
5:09PM
Ramon S. Ang urges PH gov't to stay the course, hopes for resolution in West PH Sea dispute
By: Miguel R. Camus
Tycoon Ramon S. Ang expressed hopes for the eventual resolution of a territorial row in the resource-rich West Philippine Sea.
27 May 2024
1:41PM
Meralco goal: RE to account for 22% of its electricity by 2030
To this end, the company has launched a competitive selection process for 500 megawatts (MW) of mid-merit renewable energy (RE) capacity.
27 May 2024
1:17PM
INSIDER VIEW: To fix the power industry's woes, it's time to amend EPIRA
Energy industry veteran Guido Delgado says the 20-year-old Electric Power Industry Reform Act is due to updating to allow it to fulfill its full mandate oof lowering electricity rates in the country.
23 May 2024
4:48PM
San Miguel, Meralco win Supreme Court battle vs. regulator on 2023 power deal termination
By: Daxim L. Lucas
After over a year’s worth of legal battles with regulators, San Miguel Corp. and Meralco have emerged victorious against the Energy Regulatory Commission
23 May 2024
1:26PM
MPower to Supply Renewable Energy to JX Metals' Laguna Plant
MPower, the retail electricity supplier of Meralco, has partnered with JX Metals Philippines Inc. to provide renewable energy for the latter’s manufacturing plant in Biñan, Laguna.
22 May 2024
10:26AM
INSIDER VIEW: Yellow and Red Alerts — What's really going on in the power sector?
Last month, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines issued a stark warning: the Luzon and Visayas grids are under yellow and red alerts. What do those alerts mean? Why are there no investments in the power generation when more capacity is needed?
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