CEBU CITY The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid under Red Alert on Thursday evening amid thinning power reserves caused primarily by the prolonged outage of several power plants, prompting Visayan Electric to implement rotational brownouts in parts of Cebu and nearby areas.

SN Aboitiz Power-Magat, Inc. plans to increase the capacity of the Magat Hydroelectric Power Plant by 20 megawatts (MW), raising the facility’s output from 360MW to 380 MW as part of a broader modernization of one of the country’s key renewable energy assets.

Professional services firm GHD has been appointed as Owner’s Engineer for the 440-megawatt-peak (MWp) Ilagan Solar Project in Isabela being undertaken by TotalEnergies in partnership with Nextnorth.

First Gen Group completed a 516-kilowatt-peak solar photovoltaic system for the Goldilocks Bakeshop Inc.’s commissary in Cebu to help the bakeshop chain reduce costs and meet sustainability targets.

PROPOSED changes in the ownership structure of electric cooperatives (ECs) could improve efficiency in power distribution but may also increase market concentration and deepen vertical integration in the energy sector, the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) warned.

Electricity consumers across the Luzon power grid should brace for brief power interruptions on Wednesday afternoon as the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the island under yellow and red alerts amid thinning power reserves.

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Wednesday afternoon said it is implementing rotating brownouts in several areas across the Visayas grid.

The Department of Energy (DOE) directed the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and several power generation companies to immediately restore affected transmission lines and generating units after Red and Yellow alerts were raised in the Luzon and Visayas grids on Tuesday.

Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced a slight reduction in electricity rates for May after Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)-approved mitigating measures offset increases in generation charges driven by higher Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) prices, fuel costs, and peso depreciation.

The Luzon power grid was placed under yellow and red alerts on Wednesday afternoon to evening due to forced outage of several power plants, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said.