All Cebu City power lines are going underground

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/19/2017

Veco eyes citywide expansion of underground distribution system project The Visayan Electric Company (Veco) is considering eventually expanding its underground distribution system (UDS) to the rest of Cebu City once it completes the project along the Sinulog…

Cebu assured of ‘stable power’ this Xmas

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/19/2017

CEBUANOS will celebrate a “bright” Christmas this year as the power outlook for the Visayas has turned positive following a series of power outages in recent months. Anton Mari Perdices, Visayan Electric Company (Veco) chief operating officer,…

Irma wrecks Florida Keys

AFP 09/13/2017

Millions of Florida residents were without power and extensive damage was reported in the Florida Keys, but most of the Sunshine State appeared to have dodged forecasts of catastrophic damage from Hurricane Irma. The monster storm roared…

Dep’t of Energy eyes tie-up with LGUs

Irene R. Sino Cruz 09/11/2017

POWER RESILIENCY PROGRAM THE Department of Energy is urging local government units (LGUs) in the Visayas to come up with their own power resiliency program to address vulnerability to calamities. The energy department is looking into a…

High food, fuel, power prices push August inflation to 3.1%

Inquirer.net 09/05/2017

  Inflation rose by 3.1 percent in August, the fastest in three months, partly due to higher food, fuel and power prices coupled with a weaker peso, the government reported Tuesday. The latest Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)…

Power Up Run today

Glendale G. Rosal 07/29/2017

  FIVE HUNDRED runners will answer the starting gun today for the first Fern-C Power Up Run that will start and finish at the Robinsons Galleria Cebu. The running event organized by Fern-C, a vitamin brand originated…

60-MW Toledo solar power plant gets ERC nod, switches on

Victor Anthony Silva 07/26/2017

The First Toledo Solar Energy Corporation (FTSEC) has switched on its 60-megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Toledo City in southwestern Cebu after it was awarded a certificate of compliance (COC) by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).…

East Visayas power ‘almost stable’ — NGCP

Joey A. Gabieta 07/20/2017

TACLOBAN CITY — Power supply in Leyte and the rest of Eastern Visayas region is slowly stabilizing, two weeks after the strong earthquake damaged the transmission line and geothermal power plants in the province. On Thursday, the…

Power outages affecting water supply

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/13/2017

THE public is advised to continue to store water. Edna Inocando, officer-in-charge of the Public Affairs Department (PAD) of Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) said water supply is continuously affected by the ongoing rotational brownouts. “Dependent man…

‘Full power back by end of July’

Joey A. Gabieta 07/13/2017

  ORMOC CITY—Residents in Leyte and the rest of Eastern Visayas will have to wait until the end of the month before power will be fully restored. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi told President Duterte during a briefing…

Power supply offer

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/13/2017

Kepco says they can help stabilize power situation in Metro Cebu The Naga City-based Kepco SPC Power Corp. (KSPC) is offering to help stabilize supply of power in Cebu especially in Metro Cebu. “Despite the 6.5-magnitude earthquake…

Power deficit

Editorial 07/12/2017

There are few things in life other than an earthquake that can remind us not only of our mortality but the frailty of our systems that we take for granted, such as our water and power supply.…

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