EXPECTING A tight power supply in the fourth quarter, the Department of Energy has started mobilizing short-term solutions for Mindanao, including the possible rehabilitation of power plants currently placed under “preservation” mode. “We had an emergency meeting to discuss the current power situation as well as make preparations for the power requirements in the last quarter [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Power shortage’
Mindanao power supply critical; gov’t acts to avert crisis (9/23/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Mindanao, Power shortage on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Power supply uncertainty returns (9/22/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Mindanao, Power shortage, Power supply on September 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
KORONADAL/CAGAYAN DE ORO — Mindanao, which has never fully recovered from the crippling power outages that hit amid the dry spell in the first half, faces renewed uncertainty as the new wave of rotating hours-long brownouts that started last Sept. 13 persists. A check with the Web site of the National Grid Corporation of the [...]
Power crisis looms in summer of ’11 (9/20/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Power shortage on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Philippines faces at least four major economic issues that the Aquino administration must address immediately if it is to steer clear of crises that could come next year, according to the head of one of the country’s biggest conglomerates. San Miguel Corp. president Ramon S. Ang warned that the most critical problem facing the [...]
Energy, transport chiefs pledge level playing field (7/06/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Energy planning, Energy pricing, Power shortage on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
THE NEW Energy and Transportation chiefs yesterday vowed fair play for businesses as they outlined plans for their respective departments. Formally taking over the Department of Energy yesterday, Secretary Jose Rene D. Almendras said he would look into the pricing of power producers and make sure returns were attractive to investors, while newly minted Transportation [...]
RP needs $12.8B to avert power crisis in 2011 (7/01/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Generation, Investments, Power shortage, Power supply on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Philippines needs some $12.8 billion in new investments for new power projects in Luzon alone, to avert a possible crisis by 2011, when supply and demand are expected to even out. “Is there an impending power crisis? No, the crisis is already here and next year, the crisis will reach Luzon, according to the [...]
Brownouts in Cebu to last until June 8 (6/04/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Power shortage on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
CEBU CITY – The Department of Energy (DoE) in the Visayas said the rotating brownouts now prevailing in Metro Cebu will last for one week or until power plants Cebu Thermal Power Plant 1 and Cebu Energy Development Corporation (CEDC) Unit 1, both of which are currently under maintenance, are back in operation. DoE Regional [...]
Fixed daily rotating brownouts preferred amid higher rates (6/02/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Mindanao, Power cost, Power shortage on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The fixed daily rotating and shortened brownouts has stabilized business operations in the city despite higher rates imposed in the last few months. Pilar T. Afuang, executive director of the General Santos City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc., said business owners welcomed the move of the South Cotabato Electric [...]
Daily power outages hit Mindanao (5/26/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Mindanao, Power shortage on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Daily power outages in Mindanao have hit an average of five hours a day and is expected to persist until the third quarter of this year, according to Philexport Northern Mindanao chapter based in Cagayan de Oro. This is one of the major issues on the table as the Philexport chapter convenes a much needed [...]
More brownouts, DOE says (5/21/2010)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Electricity, Power shortage on May 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
CEBU — Due to a demand in electricity that is higher than the supply, Cebu will continue to schedule brownouts, a Department of Energy (DOE) official said Thursday. Aguinaldo Briones, DOE senior science research specialist, said for Thursday alone, the total power demand was 645 megawatts (MW) but the power produced by plants was only [...]
Power perks tightening eyed (04/05/2010)
Posted in Malaya News, tagged Incentives, Mindanao, Power shortage on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Government is tightening up the grant of incentives for the power sector as it seeks to tie up loose ends in addressing the power shortage in Mindanao. The restrictions will be taken up when the Mindanao Power Crisis Committee meets on April 7. Board of Investments (BOI) managing head Elmer C. Hernandez said government will [...]
