Power Sector
Photo: Patrickroque01 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)SOCOTECO II members back Ignite joint venture in plebiscite as graft complaint and House probe push shadow the deal
About 138,000 member-consumer-owners voted yes to the conditional joint venture with Ignite Power, even as a 10,000-signature graft complaint at the Ombudsman and a lawmaker's call for a congressional probe stay in the background.
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: 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)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: 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.
Photo: Patrickroque01 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)ERC halts Reserve Market trading, citing costly backup power in the Visayas
Grid operator must rely on contracted reserves while market bodies draft a redesign within six months.