Visayas in Dire Need of New Baseload Power Plants, Says Garin

DOE cracks down on plants behind 21 grid alerts in May

The Department of Energy (DOE) is drawing up a list of underperforming and offline power plants following a spate of grid alerts that hit Luzon and Visayas in May.In a briefing on Monday, June 1, DOE Undersecretary Mario Marasigan noted that since May 12, the country has experienced four red alerts and 17 yellow alerts, the majority of which were in Visayas region.Visayas grid remains on thin reserve power supply on Monday, as a yellow alert has…

Visayas continues to face thin power supply

The unavailability of four coal power plants continues to put pressure on the Visayas’ electricity supply, with another yellow alert issued on Monday.  In an advisory, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines said the Visayas will be placed under the alert status from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.  READ: DOE: El Niño may lead

NGCP issues yellow alert for Visayas grid anew

MANILA, Philippines—The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) issued a yellow alert for Visayas on Monday, June 1 as the grid continues to be hounded by supply...

Power barges, gensets eyed to boost Visayas grid capacity

The Department of Energy (DOE) is considering at least four facilities, including power barges, modular generator sets and battery energy storage systems (BESS), to help address the persistent capacity shortfall in the Visayas grid. The move comes as rising electricity demand continues to outpace available supply, largely due to the forced outages of several generating […]