Unscheduled power interruptions are highly likely in the Catanduanes grid during the peak of summer this May due to thinning power reserves blamed on low water level and defective generating…
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Power rates to increase by P0.438 per kwh next month
The effective power rate for all users in the Catanduanes grid will increase by at least 3.3 percent this April 2024, bringing the cost of electricity above the P13/kilowatt-hour level…
The Tribune’s battle goes to the Supreme Court
Last week, on the eve of the 60th birthday celebration of the Tribune publisher-editor, his counsel in the libel suit filed by SUWECO sent a copy of the Court of…
ERC hearing on NGCP submarine power cable project set next week
Virtual hearings on the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ application for provisional authority on the implementation of the submarine power cable project have been scheduled by the Energy Regulatory…
The Friendship Bridge or the submarine power cable?
The news that Congressman Eulogio Rodriguez discussed with DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan a renewed push for the construction of the Friendship Bridge that would link Catanduanes to mainland Bicol created…
NPC to decommission its diesel power plants on or before April 1
With the National Power Corporation (NPC) finally pulling out of the Catanduanes grid on or before April 1, 2022, Sunwest Water & Electric Co. (SUWECO) has begun installing seven (7)…
Load shedding seen as SUWECO fails to complete gensets’ repair
Brownouts are forecast for the last week of 2021 as Sunwest Water & Electricity Co. (SUWECO) reportedly failed to live up to its vow to repair of its defective diesel…
Cong. Sanchez, power firms
take action vs. brownouts
In a meeting with Congressman Hector S. Sanchez last week, the three major players in the Catanduanes island grid have agreed to undertake moves intended to boost power reserves and…
SUWECO justifies long delay in delivery of two hydro projects
A top official of the Sunwest Water & Electricity Co. (SUWECO) last week blamed stringent government regulations for the delay in the construction and completion of its promised hydroelectric power…
SUWECO delivering just half of its promised 18.15-mW capacity
An analysis of the power supply situation in Catanduanes as of Oct. 14, 2021 shows the grid has available power supply of 16,010 kilowatts, more than enough to address the…