Occidental Mindoro residents are set to experience a staggering 37 percent increase in their electricity rates in the upcoming September billing. This hike is due to the Occidental Mindoro Electric Cooperative’s (OMECO) recent entry into the Emergency Power Supply Agreement (EPSA) on July 25. OMECO explained in a recent radio program that the move to… Read More Occidental Mindoro residents face 37% hike in power rates
The Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (Ormeco) has warned consumers of imminent blackouts as the summer heat results in low renewable energy production amid a spike in demand. On Saturday, Ormeco experienced a record-high demand of 66 megawatts, causing a shortage in power supply. A Red alert warning was issued, saying a power outage lasting for… Read More Ormeco warns of blackouts
Representatives from a women’s party-list has urged the House of Representatives to investigate the “regime of blackouts” in Occidental Mindoro. In a resolution, Representatives Luzviminda “Luz” Ilagan and Emerenciana “Emmi” De Jesus of the Gabriela Women’s Party-list filed House Resolution No. 2251 seeking that the House Committee on Energy “conduct an immediate inquiry, in aid of… Read More House resolution seeks Occidental Mindoro’s ‘regime of blackouts’ probed
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Several towns in Palawan province have been experiencing power shortages due to a mechanical failure and deficiency in crude supply. The machine of the National Power Corporation (Napocor) in the northern Roxas town used in distributing power supply broke down, triggering power outages in several mainland towns. A scheduled brownout will be implemented… Read More Palawan suffers power outages
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Solar panels light up a total of 8,245 households in Palawan’s remote villages. Started in 2007, provincial government’s Solar Home System (SHS) Distribution Project provides affordable electricity supply to un-electrified off-grid remote villages. So far, the project has reached 79 remote barangay in 19 municipalities in the province. A solar system provides a… Read More 8,245 Palawan households now solar-powered
Oriental Mindoro will experience a daylong brownout on Tuesday, the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative announced on Monday. The 10-hour power outage will affect the entire province except for the towns of Pinamalayan and Gloria, Ormeco said. The management of the power firm cited annual preventive maintenance of the Napocor-50MVA Substation in Sta. Isabel, Calapan City… Read More Ormeco announces massive blackout
QUEZON CITY–State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to co-finance the capital expenditure requirements and renewable energy projects of electric cooperatives in the country. DBP president and chief executive officer Francisco F. Del Rosario, Jr. said the partnership gives the bank an… Read More DBP to co-finance capital expenditure of electric coops
The power crisis plaguing the Philippines has not generated as much concern than on Saturday, a day before boxing icon Manny Pacquiao steps into the ring to defend his welterweight belt against challenger Joshua Clottey in Dallas, Texas on Sunday (Philippine time). From Metro Manila to Mindanao, officials have been scrambling to ensure Sunday’s power… Read More No brownout in Oriental Mindoro Sunday
By DateLine Philippines MANILA–Even massive power outages will not disrupt the counting of votes on May 10 because the machines to be used in the first national automated polls have backup batteries that can run for 16 hours, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Friday. Speaking over radio station dzBB, election commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said… Read More Comelec says brownouts won’t disrupt vote count
MANILA—Lawmakers have filed a measure giving electric cooperatives a chance to get technical and financial assistance from various government financial institutions in the country. COOP NATCCO party-list Representatives Jose R. Ping-ay and Cresente C. Paez, authors of House Bill 6983, said the proposed measure will also strip the National Electrification Administration (NEA) of its authority… Read More House bill seeks GFI’s support for electric coops
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