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[Title] => Razon bets P2.1 billion to upgrade Negros power network
[Summary] => Negros Electric and Power Corp. of tycoon Enrique Razon Jr. is moving ahead with plans to spend roughly P2.1 billion to modernize the power network in Negros Occidental.
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[Title] => Higher transmission charges in August
[Summary] => Power consumers served by private distribution utilities and electric cooperatives may see higher transmission charges reflected in their August 2026 electricity bills due to a sharp increase in ancillary service (AS) rates.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-18 00:00:00
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[Title] => Visayas power situation may normalize this month
[Summary] => The power supply crunch in the Visayas may ease up this month as major coal-fired plants are expected to return to service, according to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-15 00:00:00
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[Title] => Visayas Grid gipaubos sa extended red alert
[Summary] => Gipaubos sa extended red alert ang Visayas Grid kagahapon tungod sa kakulang sa power supply.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-13 00:00:00
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[Title] => ACEN Q2: Waiting for the build-out to payoff
[Summary] => ACEN's revenue grew, but higher build-out costs kept earnings conversion weak.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-12 14:42:00
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[Title] => Meralco: 98,000 customers lose power amid 'habagat' rains
[Summary] => Heavy rains and severe flooding brought by the Southwest Monsoon, locally known as “habagat,” have disrupted electricity service for approximately 98,000 customers across Luzon, power distributor Manila Electric Company (Meralco) said on Sunday, August 9.
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[Title] => Coal plant outages put Visayas grid on yellow alert on Aug. 3
[Summary] => Forced outages at units of three coal-fired power plants prompted a three-hour yellow alert over the Visayas grid.
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[Title] => Not power but pressure
[Summary] => I have quoted Lord Acton for years, and you probably have as well. “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => Major power players ink Malampaya gas supply deal
[Summary] => Razon-led Prime Energy is set to supply indigenous Malampaya gas to a major Batangas power plant jointly owned by tycoons Manuel V. Pangilinan, Ramon Ang and Sabin Aboitiz.
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[Title] => Palace: Power utilities should avoid system loss
[Summary] => Malacañang yesterday called on electricity distributors to improve their efficiency so consumers would no longer bear system loss costs, as it said that there are no talks yet on providing subsidies to power utilities that may be affected.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-30 00:00:00
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[Title] => Razon bets P2.1 billion to upgrade Negros power network
[Summary] => Negros Electric and Power Corp. of tycoon Enrique Razon Jr. is moving ahead with plans to spend roughly P2.1 billion to modernize the power network in Negros Occidental.
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[Title] => Higher transmission charges in August
[Summary] => Power consumers served by private distribution utilities and electric cooperatives may see higher transmission charges reflected in their August 2026 electricity bills due to a sharp increase in ancillary service (AS) rates.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-18 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
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[Title] => Visayas power situation may normalize this month
[Summary] => The power supply crunch in the Visayas may ease up this month as major coal-fired plants are expected to return to service, according to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines.
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[Title] => Visayas Grid gipaubos sa extended red alert
[Summary] => Gipaubos sa extended red alert ang Visayas Grid kagahapon tungod sa kakulang sa power supply.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-13 00:00:00
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[Title] => ACEN Q2: Waiting for the build-out to payoff
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[DatePublished] => 2026-08-12 14:42:00
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[Title] => Meralco: 98,000 customers lose power amid 'habagat' rains
[Summary] => Heavy rains and severe flooding brought by the Southwest Monsoon, locally known as “habagat,” have disrupted electricity service for approximately 98,000 customers across Luzon, power distributor Manila Electric Company (Meralco) said on Sunday, August 9.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-09 17:41:00
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[Title] => Coal plant outages put Visayas grid on yellow alert on Aug. 3
[Summary] => Forced outages at units of three coal-fired power plants prompted a three-hour yellow alert over the Visayas grid.
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[Title] => Not power but pressure
[Summary] => I have quoted Lord Acton for years, and you probably have as well. “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-02 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 136420
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[AuthorName] => Francis J. Kong
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[Title] => Major power players ink Malampaya gas supply deal
[Summary] => Razon-led Prime Energy is set to supply indigenous Malampaya gas to a major Batangas power plant jointly owned by tycoons Manuel V. Pangilinan, Ramon Ang and Sabin Aboitiz.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-31 00:00:00
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[Title] => Palace: Power utilities should avoid system loss
[Summary] => Malacañang yesterday called on electricity distributors to improve their efficiency so consumers would no longer bear system loss costs, as it said that there are no talks yet on providing subsidies to power utilities that may be affected.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-30 00:00:00
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