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Luzon Yellow alerts may be raised starting April 24 [Inquirer.net]

Jhian Aranas2023-04-24T10:29:51+08:0019 Apr 2023|Tags: Luzon Power Outlook, Power crisis, power outages|

MANILA -Yellow alerts are expected to be raised in the Luzon grid as soon as April 24 and persist until mid-June despite the Department of Energy’s (DOE) softer projection this year, according to a report by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC). In its 2023 Luzon Power Outlook report released on Tuesday, the international energy policy group warned that the country’s power supply situation may become precarious for around eight weeks as demand steadily increases.

Bleak, challenging energy sector outlook seen in ’23 [Business Mirror]

Jhian Aranas2023-01-10T11:57:03+08:0009 Jan 2023|Tags: 2023, Aboitiz, ACEN, DOE, Emmanuel Rubio, energy crisis, energy outlook, ERC, Eric Francia, ESS, GEAP, Ilijan, Malampaya, Monalisa Dimalanta, NGCP, Pete Maniego, Power crisis, power outlook, Raphael Lotilla, Rowena Cristina Guevara|

by Lenie Lectura | January 09, 2023| Published by Business Mirror | READ THE STORY HERE INDUSTRY stakeholders paint a bleak and very challenging power sector this year. The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) said rotating brownouts could happen in the second quarter of this year because of two reasons that were not [...]

ICSC welcomes secretary nominations for DOE, DENR

Jhian Aranas2022-07-15T11:08:19+08:0015 Jul 2022|Tags: Aboitiz, DENR, DOE, Ma Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, NDC, NEDA, PDRF, Power crisis, power outlook, Raphael Lotilla, Reactive|

QUEZON CITY, July 15, 2022 – International climate and energy policy group Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) welcomed the nomination of Raphael “Popo” Lotilla as the next secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) and Ma. Antonia “Toni” Yulo-Loyzaga as the next secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the [...]

ICSC: Outages on Luzon grid show need for flexible, distributed energy

Jhian Aranas2022-07-07T15:02:13+08:0023 Jun 2022|Tags: Aboitiz, Angelica Yang, GMEC, Jephraim Manansala, Luzon Power Outlook, NGCP, PhilStar.com, Power crisis, power outages, QPPL, red alert, SEM|

by Angelica Y. Yang/Philstar.com | June 22, 2022 | READ THE STORY HERE MANILA, Philippines — Problems with power supply on the Luzon grid, which was placed on red alert and saw power outages last Saturday — highlight the need for flexible and distributed power system that is not dependent on large centralized power plants, [...]

Averting the perennial power crisis

Jhian Aranas2021-06-30T12:41:47+08:0030 Jun 2021|Tags: brownouts, DOE, flexible power generation, Inquirer, pandemic, Pedro Maniego Jr., Power crisis, power rates|

by Pete H. Maniego | June 29, 2021| Published by Inquirer.net | READ THE STORY HERE Recent brownouts have worsened the suffering of everyone cooped up because of the pandemic. No fans or aircon, no TV or cable, no social media to relieve the monotony. Even the country’s pandemic response is at risk, [...]