Tag: power outages

Meralco announces power outages in some areas

(Eagle News)–The Manila Electric Company announced power outages in several areas early Saturday, Sept. 15. In Quezon City – Mabuhay, Meralco said outage time was at 4:12 a.m. The company said the outage, which was caused by emergency line trouble, would last for two hours. The affected barangays are Don Manuel, Doña Aurora, Doña Imelda, and San Isidro (Galas). Sampaloc in Manila and Barangay Tatalon in Quezon City have also been affected by power outages […]

Election to blame for widespread power outage in the Luzon grid

QUEZON City, Philippines – The previous May 9 election was pinpointed as the reason why the Luzon grid is suffering from widespread power outages. During a Senate Committee on Energy hearing, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, due to the elections, the power generation companies were not able to conduct their scheduled maintenance and was only able to do so recently, resulting in several brownouts. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter […]

Government keen in solving power outages; contracts awarded for potential power sources

The government is currently experimenting on mixing different energies available in the country to ensure enough electricity will be generated for the country. Energy undersecretary Loreta Ayson revealed that the government has been doing a simulation on energy by mixing the use of 1/3 coal energy, 1/3 natural gas and 1/3 renewable energy. “We are working on these programs; we are doing a balance to use coal, natural gas, renewable energy.  It is a work […]