After 5 days of stability, Visayas power grid faces yellow alert anew

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/06/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After five days of stability, the Visayas power grid on Monday, July 6, was placed under a yellow alert again as higher-than-expected demand narrowed the region’s reserve power margin, grid operators said. The…

Grid outlook: Slight improvement in Visayas power situation

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/05/2026

The Visayas grid welcomes the second week of July with a slight improvement in its supply situation, data from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) showed. …

Visayas grid gets relief – for now

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/02/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Visayas grid, which had been suffering instability in the past few weeks, has finally gotten a reprieve. Unit 3 of the Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC) has been reactivated on Wednesday, July…

Visayas grid on yellow alert from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday

Joann Villanueva 06/30/2026

MANILA – A yellow alert has been declared over the Visayas grid from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday due to the unavailability of several power plants amid high electricity demand. The National Grid Corporation of the…

DOE summons 20 Visayas power generators over supply concerns

Morexette Marie B. Eram 06/30/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Around 20 power generation companies operating in the Visayas have been ordered to explain possible lapses in maintaining a stable electricity supply. They are among 164 power generation firms nationwide that were issued…

Visayas grid limps into July, still with thin reserves

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/28/2026

The Visayas grid continues to run on thin power reserves this week, a situation that has persisted for roughly a month and keeps the threat of rotational brownouts very much alive.…

Another yellow alert hounds Visayas grid

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/24/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — High electricity demand and the unavailability of more power plants continue to strain the Visayas grid on Wednesday, June 24. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) issued another yellow alert for…

A month under strain: Cebu business groups alarmed, push for urgent power fixes

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/23/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu, and the entire Visayas area for that matter, direly needs new base load power supplies, among other solutions, as business leaders here expressed alarm over unstable power supply.  The Mandaue Chamber of…

DOE backs ‘energy emergency’ declaration in Cebu amid strained Visayas grid

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/22/2026

The Department of Energy (DOE) on Monday, June 22, backed proposals to declare an ‘energy emergency’ in Cebu as the Visayas grid continues to reel from thinning supply that has disrupted daily lives and economic activity.…

Visayas grid enters 7th straight week of Yellow Alerts

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/22/2026

CEBU CITY — The Visayas power grid remains under strain as the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the region under Yellow Alert on Monday, June 22, marking the seventh consecutive week that the grid…

Brownouts in Visayas still expected as grid supply remains thin

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/21/2026

Consumers in the Visayas can still expect rotational brownouts and other forced power interruptions as the grid is seen to operate in thin reserves for this week.…

NGCP: Visayas grid still under yellow alert on Saturday

Dianne Sampang 06/20/2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Visayas power grid is still placed under “yellow alert” status on Saturday because of high demand forecast and unavailability of Visayas’ large coal plants, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said.…

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