Developing clean energy sources

Editorial 10/15/2015

The Department of Energy’s announcement that it will slow down on approving coal plant projects, while better than nothing, remains far short of the ideal to push for renewable energy sources in keeping with, or in going…

Veco de-loading program eases impact of shortage

Marites Villamor Ilano, Norman V. Mendoza 06/02/2015

Hour-long rotation brownouts continued in parts of Metro Cebu yesterday as demand still outstripped supply in the Visayas grid, especially during peak hours. As of 2 p.m., distribution utility Visayan Electric Co., Inc. (Veco) said four feeders…

Seniang damages lines; New Year power supply stable

Aileen Garcia-Yap 12/31/2014

Power distribution utilities confirmed some parts of Cebu are still without electricity, mostly as precautionary measure, while they survey extent in damage caused by tropical storm Seniang (international name: Jangmi). Cebu Electric Cooperative 1 (CEBECO 1) which…

More brownouts this week due to power shortage in Visayas grid

Aileen Garcia-Yap 05/19/2014

Cebuanos are facing the prospect of unscheduled brownouts in the next five days after the Cebu-Negros-Panay grid experienced a 200 MW shortage starting today. The Visayan Electric Co (Veco) said three major plants are undergoing unscheduled preventive…

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