Bantayan electric co-op buys generator for power reserve

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/06/2016

THE Bantayan Electric Cooperative (Banelco), together with Bantayan Island Power Corporation, will purchase a three-megawatt generator set next week from China for additional power reserve in Bantayan Island. Bantayan Island has been experiencing power interruptions due to…

Stiff competition seen in power sector

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/04/2016

THE Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) recently reflected an increase in registered capacities of generating units in the Visayas Grid, signaling stiffer competition within the power sector. Melinda Ocampo, president of the Philippine Energy Market Corp. (PEMC),…

Energy supply plan sought

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/27/2016

THE country’s energy sector should be able to keep up with the power requirements of industries and households alike as the economy grows further, stakeholders at an energy summit were told Wednesday. Sheryl delos Santos, Global Business…

Gov’t told: Reduce greenhouse gases in other areas instead

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/20/2016

Cebu biz leaders back DOE stand on building more power plants to sustain economic dev’t With the Department of Energy (DOE) saying that the country needs to build more baseload power plants to push the nation’s economic…

Construction worker electrocuted

Rene Alima 06/22/2016

A construction worker dies after he accidentally got electrocuted while repairing a house in Barangay Maslog, Danao City last Tuesday noon. Pronounced dead on arrival at Danao District Hospital, the construction worker was identified as Renan Pleños,…

VECO eyes mobile, electronic bill collections system

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/20/2016

NUMEROUS complaints about long queues of customers transacting business at their existing offices such as the SM City Cebu office have prompted the Visayan Electric Co. (VECO) to consider going mobile and electronic in the customers’ bills…

Man shot over electricity dispute

06/16/2016

A MAN suffered two gunshot wounds in his back and shoulder after he was shot over an electricity dispute on Wednesday afternoon. Jeffrey Salvador was walking towards home on P. del Rosario Extension, Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu…

Loyalty, silence for Banacon’s ‘patron’

Leo Udtohan 06/03/2016

The death of drug lord Rowen Secretaria, alias Yawa, might have been a cause for celebration for the Cebu police, but the residents of Banacon Island in Getafe, Bohol have nothing but tears over the loss of…

KIDS AT RISK

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/24/2016

Priests worried that only a wall separates  kids with special needs from proposed Ludo coal plant On most afternoons, more than 30 children with special ailments and special needs take their nap inside cribs at the Little…

Visayas now under yellow alert for May 9 polls

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/15/2016

THE Visayas is now placed under yellow alert as preparation for the May 9 elections by the Department of Energy (DOE). Yellow alert means the Visayas grid already has limited reserves. Energy Secretary Zenaida Monsada said they…

Veco to replace white disconnection notice with red bill

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/14/2016

The Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) said it will no longer issue white slip disconnection notices starting July 1 this year. Bong Saniel, Veco Revenue Management department head, said in today’s press conference that they will use the…

Enough power to connect to radio

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/26/2016

A SOLAR panel, the size of the lid of a shoe box, supplies power to the Ofqueria family enough to enable them to listen to their favorite radio dramas in the morning. At night, generator sets provide…

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