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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.
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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.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-03 11:10:00
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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.”
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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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[Title] => Palace tells power firms to curb theft amid Marcos' bid to lower bills
[Summary] => Responds to pushback from utility companies, Malacañang says cut losses before passing on costs to consumers.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-29 16:44:00
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[AuthorName] => Renalyn Ramirez
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[Title] => Marcos uses SONA to demand end to electricity systems loss fees
[Summary] => The line drew the loudest response of his address so far, with prolonged applause.
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[Title] => Nearly 50 power utilities charge higher rates – think tank
[Summary] => — The Philippines already has Southeast Asia’s highest average residential electricity rate, yet consumers served by 48 on-grid power utilities are paying even more.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-25 00:00:00
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[Title] => Visayas Grid gipaubos sa extended red alert
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[DatePublished] => 2026-08-13 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
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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
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
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[AuthorName] =>
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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
[ColumnID] => 136420
[Focus] => 1
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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.
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[ArticleID] => 2545777
[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] => Palace tells power firms to curb theft amid Marcos' bid to lower bills
[Summary] => Responds to pushback from utility companies, Malacañang says cut losses before passing on costs to consumers.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-29 16:44:00
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[AuthorID] => 1808965
[AuthorName] => Renalyn Ramirez
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[Title] => Marcos uses SONA to demand end to electricity systems loss fees
[Summary] => The line drew the loudest response of his address so far, with prolonged applause.
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[Title] => Nearly 50 power utilities charge higher rates – think tank
[Summary] => — The Philippines already has Southeast Asia’s highest average residential electricity rate, yet consumers served by 48 on-grid power utilities are paying even more.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-25 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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