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Anakalusugan Representative Ray Florence Reyes is set to file a resolution opening an investigation on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for their complicity in the slow divestment of State-owned sub-transmission assets as prescribed in the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA). The move is to ascertain […]
Disturbed by information of life-threatening incidents of service outages in hospitals, ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Representative Ray Florence Reyes questioned officials of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on the quality of power given to various utilities for distribution to health facilities and household connections in a budget hearing last week at the Lower House. This eventually led […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) said the initial cost of damage to power distribution infrastructure from Typhoon Rolly rose to P327.909 million, a bulk of the amount sustained by the electric cooperatives (ECs) in the Bicol region. It was based on the reports submitted to the NEA Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) as […]
Power distribution reliability in the province of Masbate is expected to improve once the 15 megawatt (MW) coal-fired plant begins its commercial operations next month, the Masbate Electric Cooperative, Inc. (MASELCO) said. MASELCO Project Supervisor and Acting General Manager Romeo Acuesta disclosed that the Masbate diesel power plant of the DMCI Masbate Power Corp. (DMPC) […]
In a move aimed to improve power system efficiency and reliability, the Lanao del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Laneco) recently commissioned and energized its newly-built 10 MVA (megavolt-ampere) substation and 69 kVA (kilovolt-ampere) subtransmission line. These new facilities were unveiled to the public in a ceremony held last October 27 at the Laneco Energy Center […]