Grid outlook: Visayas grid maintains thin power reserve

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/07/2026

CEBU CITY — The Visayas power grid is expected to maintain a positive but thin operating reserve throughout the workweek of June 8 to 12, according to the latest outlook the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines…

Yellow alert raised in Visayas grid anew

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/05/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Visayas power grid has been placed under Yellow Alert anew on Friday, June 5, as electricity demand is expected to surge close to available supply, with several major power plants remaining offline,…

Visayas grid operating normal but…

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/04/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After weeks under yellow and red alert, grid conditions in the Visayas have improved on Thursday, June 4. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced the activation of KSPC (Korea SPC…

Grid outlook: Visayas power crunch drags into June

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/31/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Visayas power grid will continue to operate under tight margins for at least another week as available generation capacity continues to hover only slightly above projected peak demand. Supply margins across the…

Brace for rotational brownouts as Visayas grid under red alert again

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/29/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rotational brownouts may hit parts of the Visayas on Friday, May 29 after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid under Red Alert due to insufficient power supply…

Visayas power grid may face third straight week of yellow alerts

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/24/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Visayas grid appears headed toward a third consecutive week of yellow alerts as rising electricity demand continues to put pressure on tight power reserves. For the next five days, projected operating margins…

Visayas grid stays on yellow alert on Thursday

Pia Piquero 05/21/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) kept the Visayas grid under yellow alert from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on May 21 after available operating reserves fell below the contingency level…

Visayas grid under yellow alert again Wednesday

Joann Villanueva - Philippine News Agency 05/20/2026

MANILA, Philippines – The unavailability of three major coal-fired power plant units triggered another yellow alert over the Visayas grid from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said available…

Visayas grid on yellow alert anew – NGCP

Joann Villanueva - Philippine News Agency 05/19/2026

MANILA, Philippines – The Visayas grid is on yellow alert status anew, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, due to the unavailability of three generating units of large coal-fired power plants amid high demand for power.…

Visayas races to secure power supply with energy projects in Cebu, Panay

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/19/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than 1,100 megawatts (MW) of new power capacity are expected to enter the Visayas grid by 2026 as the government pushes to balance the region’s growing reliance on renewable energy with the…

Visayas grid placed under yellow alert again on May 18

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/18/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Visayas grid will again be placed under a yellow alert on Monday, May 18, as multiple plant outages and high demand continue to strain power supply. The yellow alert will be in…

Red, yellow alerts lifted: Luzon, Visayas grids back to normal status

Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos 05/16/2026

MANILA — The Luzon and Visayas power grids have returned to normal status after red and yellow alerts were lifted by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP). In a Saturday advisory, the NGCP said the…

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