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Luzon on second-highest power alert due to insufficient reserves

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 10:28 AM

Yellow Alert, one step below red alert, will be in place from P10:01 a.m. to 11 a.m.; from 1:01 p.m. to 4 p.m.; and from 5:01 p.m. to 7 p.m. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 14, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 12:37 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Cleaning power lines

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 10:14 PM

Meralco personnel clean power lines filled with ash fall along Mahogany Avenue in Tagaytay City on Tuesday. Read more »

First Gen says Batangas plants continue to operate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 11:12 AM

Any decision to stop operations will consider "safety and good utility," First Gen said in a statement. Continued ash fall can damage the plants' gas turbines, it said. Read more »

Meralco belies chain text message on 'power cut' after Taal eruption

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 11:02 AM

Meralco denied Tuesday that it would cut power in parts of Metro Manila and nearby areas which were spared by Taal Volcano's eruption over the weekend.    Read more »

Supply ng tubig, kuryente problema pa rin sa Tagaytay bunsod ng Taal eruption

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 07:18 AM

Problema pa rin sa Tagaytay ngayon ang pagkukunan ng supply ng tubig at ang kawalan ng kuryente. Read more »

Meralco cuts January power rates on lower generation charges

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 11:54 PM

Imported fuel prices are on the rise amid fears of a supply disruption due to heightened tensions in the Middle East. Read more »

Kyushu Electric to join electricity project in Philippine islands

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 08 09:37 PM

Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Wednesday it will join a project set up by a Philippine company to supply electricity to the country's remote islands using microgrids. Read more »

Iloilo judge in the midst of PECO-MORE legal saga pushes back

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 07:46 PM

An Iloilo-based judge caught up in the legal saga between power firms Panay Electric Company (PECO) and MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE) has spoken up: he wants the expropriation case filed by MORE moved out of Iloilo. Read more »

Power back in Ursula-mauled areas before New Year: energy dept

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 11:34 AM

The Department of Energy said Thursday it wants to restore power supply in areas battered by Christmas typhoon Ursula before New Year's Eve next week.  Read more »

Brownouts inaasahan sa tag-init sa 2020: DOE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 08:37 PM

Inaasahan muli ang brownout sa tag-init sa taong 2020 kasunod ng pagnipis umano ng suplay ng kuryente. Read more »

Panay Electric settles taxes, moves to stop auction of properties

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 01:13 PM

The P134,927,522.63 accounts for real property tax liabilities from 2006 to 2019, PECO said in a statement. The amount excludes interests and penalties.   Read more »

OPINION: The vicious circle of rent-seeking in the Philippines

Edmund Tayao
Updated as of Dec 13 05:59 PM

We always complain about governance, about rent-seeking, of the disgusting service we get despite paying good money in practically every service in the country, but we don’t go beyond complaining. Read more »

Panay Electric seeks lifting of TRO on court ruling vs 'takeover' provision

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 06 04:09 PM

The questioned provisions would allow MORE to expropriate or use PECO's assets, the court said, adding allowing such would amount to a "corporate take-over." The TRO was issued last Tuesday.   Read more »

19 transmission tower sa Bicol, nasira dahil sa bagyong Tisoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 12:36 AM

Hindi pa matiyak ng NGCP kung maaayos bago mag-Pasko ang mga nasirang power transmission line. Read more »

PH to generate more coal energy amid climate change threat: report

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 10:33 PM

Greenpeace said on Friday that the Philippines will likely be further dependent on coal in the next several years despite facing serious threats of climate change. Read more »

Lalaking nagpanggap na taga-Meralco timbog sa pangongotong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 04:39 PM

Iginiit ng tagapagsalita ng Meralco na hindi nila binibigyan ng pahintulot ang kanilang mga tauhan para mangolekta ng mga pambayad sa electricity bill. Read more »

Lineman patay matapos makuryente sa Ilocos Norte

Grace Alba, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 12:13 AM

Wala umanong suot na safety gear katulad na guwantes ang biktima, at nakaligtaang patayin nito ang main switch. Read more »

Ilang senador may pangamba sa pagkontrol ng China sa kuryente, telecom ng bansa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 12:25 AM

Babala ng ilang mambabatas, dapat maging maingat sa pagpasok sa anumang kasunduan sa China. Read more »

Philippines unprepared for nuclear energy: Senate energy panel chair

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 01:43 PM

The Department of Energy announced recently its plan to draft a national nuclear program, which the Senate Energy Committee, chaired by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, will investigate. Read more »