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Photo: Bruce Hall / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)Visayas grid slips to yellow alert as coal units stay offline
NGCP flagged thin reserves for Wednesday's evening peak, with hundreds of megawatts unavailable from outages and derated plants.
Photo: Patrickroque01 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)ERC orders 13 generators to explain excess plant outages in Visayas, Mindanao
Regulator issued 24 show-cause orders after units breached unplanned-outage limits; penalties possible after review.
Photo: Stuartkribki / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)DOE names nine bidders for 428 MW in first waste-to-energy auction
Twelve projects, including one by Davao City's government, offered prices below the reserve and must deliver power by end-2029.
Photo: Patrickroque01 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)Alternergy’s 64-MW Alabat wind farm starts feeding Luzon grid
First three turbines of the P6.7-billion Quezon project are energized under the second Green Energy Auction, with full operations still pending tests.
Photo: RamaGaspar / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)Gasoline jumps up to P3.50 a liter as diesel, kerosene ease
DOE-announced adjustments for Nov. 3–9 end gasoline's two-week run of rollbacks while diesel users get a P1 cut.
Photo: Marek Ślusarczyk (Tupungato) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)Meralco warns weaker peso could lift generation charges on customer bills
Utility says over half its power supply is tied to foreign exchange, though its own distribution charge should not be affected.
Image: Canva (AI-generated illustration)Visayas grid on red alert, Mindanao on yellow as coal outages bite
Projected Visayas peak demand topped available supply on Friday evening, raising the risk of rotational brownouts.
Photo: Robinson Niñal Jr. / Philippine News Agency / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)Davao Light raises household rate to P13.33/kWh on costlier spot power
The 9-centavo increase for the Oct. 11–Nov. 10 billing period reflects tight Mindanao supply in August and September.
Photo: patrickroque001 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)Meralco household rate rises 32 centavos in October on pricier LNG, spot power
Typical residential rate climbs to P15.0615/kWh after two months of cuts; the new distribution rate and refund are not yet reflected.
Image: Canva (AI-generated illustration)Analysis: Wider supply margin fails to cool September spot prices as Visayas, Mindanao stay tight
IEMOP data show the system-wide WESM average up 3.1% to P7.43/kWh, with southern grids paying more than double Luzon's price.