(Eagle News)–The Luzon and Visayas grids will be on yellow alert on Thursday, April 25, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said. According to the NGCP, the alert will be in place over Luzon from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The NGCP said four plants have been on forced outage since 2023, three between January and March 2024, and 12 since April 2024. One plant is running on […]
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President Duterte signs Murang Kuryente Act into law
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that seeks to bring down electricity rates in the country. Under Republic Act 11371, or the “Murang Kuryente Act,” a portion of the net national government share from the Malampaya natural gas project is allocated for the payment of the “stranded contract costs and stranded debts” of the National Power Corporation. At present, the debts of Napocor have been transferred to and assumed by the […]





