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Calaca (Philippines)

Type: City

Name: Calaca (Philippines)

Country: Philippines

Latitude: 13.9311

Longitude: 120.814003

population: 37,442

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

DOE blames bonfire for causing massive power outage

MANILA -- A bonfire may have caused the shutdown of six power plants that resulted in a metro-wide power outage last May 8, the Department of Energy said.This is what an initial invetigation showed, the agency said, although it is still awaiting a final ... [Published ABS-CBN News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Jericho Petilla, Power Plant, Sual (Philippines), Calaca (Philippines), Manila

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 2 reports

DOE says enough power supply in Luzon

MANILA, Philippines - The power situation in Luzon is back to normal and supply would be sufficient for tomorrows elections, the Department of Energy (DOE) assured the public yesterday.In an advisory, the DOE said Unit 1 of the Consunji-owned Calaca coal-fired ... [Published ABS-CBN News - May 12 2013]

Entities: Luzon (Philippines), Power Plant, Jericho Petilla, Calaca (Philippines)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 3 reports

Meralco restores power in franchise area

MANILA, May 11 (PNA) — Power in the franchise areas of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has been fully restored before 10pm Wednesday.“All power outages were restored at 9:46pm,” Meralco said in its Twitter account.The power distribution company urges ... [Published Positive News Media - May 11 2013]

Entities: MERALCO Manila Electric Company, Power Plant, Batangas (Philippines), Calaca (Philippines)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

DOE: May 8 outage caused by tripped power line, not supply-demand situation

The Luzon-wide power outage last Wednesday was primarily caused by an overload of electricity that tripped the Bian-Calaca power line, as pointed out by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), and not by any discrepancy in the power supply ... [Published GMA News.tv - May 10 2013]

Entities: Power Plant, Luzon (Philippines), Calaca (Philippines), Power Grid, Lacson (Philippines)

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 3 reports

Luzon power supply restored; outage cause still unknown

POWER supply in Luzon was restored late Wednesday night but the Department of Energy (DOE) has yet to pinpoint the cause of the brownout that hit the most of the island.The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) earlier said there was a generation ... [Published Business Mirror - May 09 2013]

Entities: Luzon (Philippines), Calaca (Philippines), Power Plant, Puerto Princesa (Philippines), MERALCO Manila Electric Company

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 4 reports

National Grid Plc

Outage over; cause still unknown

The cause of the blackout, however, has not yet been determined. Officials said contingency plans had been put in place and claimed that a repeat of widespread power losses "was very unlikely to happen again."The Energy department, in a statement, said ... [Published Business World - May 09 2013]

Entities: Calaca (Philippines), Elections, Batangas (Philippines), National Grid Plc

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

‘Simultaneous tripping’ led to 7-plant shutdown

MANILA, Philippines—Mylene C. Capongcol, director of the electric power industry management bureau at the Department of Energy, told the Inquirer on Thursday that “simultaneous tripping” at the 230-kilovolt Biñan-Calaca transmission line and at the second ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 09 2013]

Entities: Power Plant, Batangas (Philippines), Sual (Philippines), Calaca (Philippines)

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

DOE to power generation, distribution companies: Ensure working condition of your facilities

The Department of Energy (DOE) urged all generation facilities and transmission and distribution system operators to ensure that their facilities are always in good condition to prevent any blackout just like what happened in Luzon Wednesday.In a statement, ... [Published US News Las Vegas - May 09 2013]

Entities: Power Plant, Calaca (Philippines), Batangas (Philippines)

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Blackouts due to technical problems at Calaca 2 - DOE

MANILA -- The brownouts that hit a large part of Luzon on Wednesday were caused by a technical problem in one of the power plants that shut down, Energy chief Jericho Petilla said. "Kahapon ang nakita nating problema, may isang planta, Calaca 2 (in Batangas), ... [Published ABS-CBN News - May 09 2013]

Entities: Calaca (Philippines), Jericho Petilla, Power Plant, Batangas (Philippines)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Semirara to invest $500m for second phase of 600MW coal-fired plant in Philippines

Philippines-based coal producer Semirara Mining Group has announced its plans to invest up to $500m to build the second phase of its 600MW coal-fired plant in Calaca, Batangas.Semirara through its wholly-owned subsidiary Southwest Luzon Power Generation ... [Published Energy Business Review - May 08 2013]

Entities: Semirara (Philippines), Calaca (Philippines), Semirara Mining Corporation, Philippines

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Calaca doubles capacity

Semirara Mining Corp. is gearing up for the 300 megawatt (MW) second phase expansion of its Calaca coal-fired power plant in Batangas where it will invest as much as $500 million (about P20.42 billion).Isidro Consunji, Semirara chief executive officer, ... [Published Malaya Business Insight - May 06 2013]

Entities: Calaca (Philippines), Semirara (Philippines), Coal, Semirara Mining Corporation, Power Plant

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 4 reports

NGCP seeks ERC okay for P3-B transmission line

MANILA, Philippines - The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the country’s power transmission highway operator, is seeking the nod of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for the implementation of the P3-billion Calaca-Dasmariñas 230-kilovolt ... [Published Philippine Star - May 02 2013]

Entities: Batangas (Philippines), Calaca (Philippines), Dasmarinas, Power Plant

Quotes

When asked if there would be officials punished due to the metro-wide brownout, Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said "this is a technical malfunction which actually could not have been foreseen... I can't hang somebody unless it is [due to] gross negligence." Meanwhile, Petilla said there will be no rotating power interruptions in Mindanao until May 21...

DOE blames bonfire for causing massive power outage [Published ABS-CBN News - May 16 2013]

"The sale by ACEHI is a result of its strategic decision to focus on other power projects imminent in its development pipeline" said John Eric T Francia, Ayala managing director and ACEHI president

Ayala group pulls out of Iloilo coal-fired power plant project [Published Interaksyon - May 14 2013]

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is to carry out a "thorough evaluation" of the incident, which led to "the unexpected series of tripping of several power plants and transmission facilities" , according to a DOE statement

Power blackout hits Philippines [Published Modern Power Systems - May 10 2013]

...May theory na ang national grid ay walang parallel lines sa existing line, kaya nagkaroon ng widespread power interruption, Lacson added. "A lot' lostAccording to the PCCI official, the business sector on Wednesday lost a lot during the power disruption. Five hours 'yun. [The losses] cannot be measured by percentage or value, but definitely malaki ang nawala sa businesses nung araw na 'yun, he said.Sa manufacturing, matagal mag-restart ang mga factories. Sa mga restaurants, malaking bagay ang kuryente dahil sa mga freezer na storage ng food. On service-oriented businesses, how can they deliver transactions kung walang kuryente, they dont have generators, Lacson added.As of 11 a.m. Thursday, power reserve was at 627 MW, which is still below the contingency reserve of 647 MW as the Calaca power plant in Batangas and and the Quezon power plant in Quezon were still offline, according to Energy Department data."

DOE: May 8 outage caused by tripped power line, not supply-demand situation [Published GMA News.tv - May 10 2013]

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