Power grid in Cebu stable following Bogo earthquake — NGCP

Airam Limatog 04/06/2026

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Power transmission services in Cebu remained stable after a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck off Bogo City on Monday afternoon, April 6. “The grid remains intact as there had been no reported cases of…

NGCP: Transmission rates up in February 2026 bills

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQINQUIRER.net 02/12/2026

MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced that the overall average transmission rate reflected in consumers’ electricity bills will increase in February 2026. According to the NGCP in a statement, overall average…

Visayas grid on yellow alert from 5-9 p.m. Thursday

Joann Villanueva - Philippine News Agency 12/11/2025

MANILA, Philippines – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has placed the Visayas grid on yellow alert, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, due to low operating margin after an uptick in demand. In an…

Yellow Alert up anew for Visayas Grid Thursday

Joann Villanueva - Philippine News Agency 11/20/2025

MANILA – The Visayas grid is on yellow alert anew, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, as unit 2 of Therma Visayas Inc. (TVI) coal-fired power plant remains unavailable. A yellow alert is raised when the margin…

Visayas grid on yellow alert Wednesday

Joann Villanueva - Philippine News Agency 11/19/2025

MANILA, Philippines – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has placed the Visayas grid on yellow alert from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday due to insufficient operating margin as several power plants are unavailable or…

Visayas grid on yellow alert status after Cebu earthquake

Joann Villanueva - Philippine News Agency 10/01/2025

MANILA, Philippines – A yellow alert status has been raised over the Visayas grid from 1 p.m. up to 12 midnight on Wednesday after 27 power plants became unavailable following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit Cebu Tuesday…

Nando aftermath: 3 transmission lines down, says NGCP

Joann Villanueva - Philippine News Agency 09/23/2025

MANILA, Philippines – One more transmission line in Northern Luzon became unavailable Monday afternoon due to the impact of Super Typhoon Nando (international name Ragasa), bringing to three the affected transmission lines. In a report, the National Grid…

Visayas grid placed on yellow alert anew on Wednesday

Joann Villanueva - Philippine News Agency 08/06/2025

MANILA, Philippines – A yellow alert status was again raised over the Visayas grid Wednesday, for 3-4 p.m. and 5-7 p.m., given the forced outages and de-rated capacities of several power plants serving the grid. This, even after…

Visayas grid on yellow alert Tuesday afternoon, evening

Joann Villanueva - Philippine News Agency 08/05/2025

MANILA, Philippines – A yellow alert status has been raised over the Visayas grid for 3-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday because of a low operating margin partly due to the forced outage of 12 power plants. A…

Luzon grid logs 1st yellow alert status in 2025 – NGCP

Kris Crismundo - Philippine News Agency 03/06/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) issued its first yellow alert for the Luzon grid this year, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, due to insufficient operating margin amid rising temperature.…

Red alert raised for Luzon, Visayas grids on Thursday

Zacarian Sarao 05/23/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Luzon and Visayas power grids will be on red alert Thursday afternoon and evening, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced. The Luzon grid will be on red alert from 1 p.m.…

NGCP starts fixing damage on UN Avenue underground cable

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/30/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Personnel of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Tuesday checked the underground cable, the 138 kilovolts line, that was accidentally damaged by personnel of a contractor of the Visayan Electric.…

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