THE NATIONAL GRID Corporation of the Philippines, or NGCP, plans to undertake 36 projects worth P35.8 billion in 2011-2015, the firm said in a report submitted last week to the House of Representatives Committee on Energy. The update shows the list consists of 21 projects for Luzon, 11 for the Visayas and four in Mindanao. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘NGCP’
National Grid plans P35.8-B projects for next five years (9/27/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged NGCP, Transmission on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
S. Mindanao to experience rotating brownouts due to power line repair (9/13/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Mindanao, NGCP, Power supply on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Portions of Southern Mindanao will experience rotating brownouts starting today due to the repair of a major distribution line, according to an advisory issued by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to affected distribution utilities in the island. In a letter sent to power distributors at the weekend, the private operator of the [...]
Non-WESM members face disconnection (9/08/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Distribution, Electric cooperatives, NGCP, WESM on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
NATIONAL GRID Corporation of the Philippines may soon start disconnecting from the grid distribution utilities and electric cooperatives in Luzon that have failed to register with the wholesale electricity spot market, following the issuance of an energy department circular. The circular prescribed the implementing rules and regulations which relieved National Power Corp. and Power Sector Assets [...]
Albay to suffer total power disconnection (9/07/2010)
Posted in Manila Times News, tagged NGCP, PEMC, Power supply on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
LEGAZPI CITY: After supplying Luzon for 35 years with cheap and clean renewable energy, Albay may face total power disconnection on September 12, if the power cooperative here fails to settle its outstanding electricity bill amounting to P982 million. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is set to cut off power to the [...]
NGCP told to register as WESM participant (8/16/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged NGCP, WESM on August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Being the system operator taking charge of dispatch schedule of the capacity of all power plants traded, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has finally been asked to formally register for membership at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market. Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) President Melinda L. Ocampo noted the market rules provide that [...]
NGCP to start easing transmission congestion with San Jose repair (8/13/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged NGCP, Transmission on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is taking major step to ease congestion problems in the transmission system for Luzon grid with the rehabilitation works at its San Jose substation, the major network used for wheeling electricity to Metro Manila and neighboring areas. Addressing the constrained capacity in that substation will also correspondingly [...]
ERC to cut allowable revenue for NGCP if it can’t improve on congestion problem (8/09/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged NGCP, PBR scheme on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be cutting further the maximum allowable revenue (MAR), which is the basis of its profitability, if the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will not improve on its technical performance on easing congestion in the transmission system. It was seen in the latest prices at the Wholesale Electricity [...]
NGCP energizes upgraded San Jose Substation transformer (8/09/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged NGCP, Transmission on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
San Jose Substation of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will have more capacity to receive bulk power and transmit this to Luzon grid users starting this month. NGCP announced that it has replaced a 600-megavolt ampere (MVA) transformer (T01) with a new 750-MVA unit at the San Jose Substation in Bulacan from [...]
DoE stops release of P1-billion budget for Hanjin transmission line project (8/04/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged NGCP, Transmission on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Energy Secretary Rene D. Almendras has stopped the release of P1-billion budget for the construction of 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that shall connect the Hanjin shipbuilding facility to that of the Luzon grid, mainly due to probable losses that the government may incur from the specialized rate extended to the facility end-user. “I never said [...]
JCPC asked to probe power privatization pitfalls (6/25/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged JCPC, NGCP, NPC, Privatization, PSALM on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The alleged privatization pitfalls committed in the assets of the National Power Corporation (NPC) finally reached the corridor of the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) which is being asked to investigate the manner in which some facilities were disposed of and on the transactions sealed with private sector takers. It was gathered from the Congressional [...]
