MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) is looking at Isla Verde, an island in Batangas province within its franchise area, as a possible location for its first microgrid system, its president said. “We are working with the local government to energize [the island], to meet their requirements,” Meralco President and Chief Executive Officer Oscar S. Reyes told…
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Meralco power sales dampened by cool weather
ELECTRICITY sales in June eased because of cooler weather, tempering power sales growth for the first half to around 6.5%, Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said. “For the first five months year-to-date, (we had) growth of 7.5% per annum, but June is trending a little softer because, number one, the rains have started. It’s been cool…
Palace signs law creating power co-op rehab fund
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed into law the bill creating the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund (ECERF), officials said. House Majority Leader Rodolfo C. Fariñas distributed on Tuesday copies of the letter sent by Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea to Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez, confirming the law’s signing on June 29. The law…
Mindanao power producers urged to maximize energy mix
Mindanao electric cooperatives (ECs) and distribution utilities (DUs) are urged to take advantage of the excess power supply regime in the power grid as the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) pushes for reliable and affordable power supply in the region. MinDA said power distributors should maximize their energy mix and ensure affordable power for their consumers…
Meralco may cut power rates this month
Customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) are likely to see a reduction in power rates this month due to lower generation charge – the biggest component in electricity bills. “We may see the possibility of lower electricity rates this month following a slight increase in December,” Meralco spokesperson Joe Zaldarriaga said. He said charges from…
NGCP wants plants to be in sync on redundant systems
THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has called on generation companies to synchronize their systems to that of the grid operator to avoid the repeat of the power interruption on Nov. 15 that left parts of Metro Manila without electricity for at least an hour. “NGCP is urging power plants and distribution utilities…
Duterte vows to open up telecom, energy sectors to new players
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday vowed to boost economic growth by opening up the telecommunications and energy sectors to new players. “The only way to make this country more faster to benefit the poor is really to open up the communications, the airwaves and the entire energy sector. My decision now is bubuksan ko ang…
Systems loss pass-on charge to be reviewed
THE ENERGY Regulatory Commission (ERC) is looking at reviewing the power systems loss that is billed consumers amid calls to bring down electricity costs, an official of the agency said. “Probably this is the right time to bring it down with the clamor to reduce power cost,” ERC Commissioner Alfredo J. Non said on Thursday…
NGCP: Tripping incident shaved off 1,000 MW from Luzon grid
OVER 1,000 megawatts (MW) of power-generating capacity was shaved off from the Luzon grid as a result of a transmission-line tripping incident, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said on Tuesday. The grid operator’s Batangas-Makban 230-kV (kiloVolt) Line 1 tripped at 12:46 p.m., causing the isolation of power plants with a combined capacity…
Meralco sees flat August charges
Customers of Manila Electric Co. may not experience a price spike in their September electricity bills in spite of the series of yellow and red alerts in late July to early August. “So far, indications are that gen charge movement will be flattish,” Meralco vice president and head of utility economics Lawrence Fernandez said. He…
DOE, PSME sign pact to conduct audit of power facilities
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers (PSME) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to boost the DOE’s technical audit of the country’s generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. The MOA was signed August 25 at the Energy department’s Central Office in Taguig City, the DOE said in a statement Saturday….
Meralco starts new system in September rerouting power to lessen impact of outage
THE Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will start implementing next month its Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS), which would integrate the function of an outage and its distribution management systems. Read more here.
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