Vietnam’s new rooftop PV policy 100% excess power capacity can be purchased

The Office of the Government of Viet Nam issued Circular No. 356/TB-VPCP on July 30, 2024, which comprehensively summarizes the important conclusions of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha’s decree on the development and promulgation of incentives and policies for autonomous production and autonomous development.

No more power alerts expected for rest of 2024

With the onset of the rainy season, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) sees no need to raise yellow and red alerts in the country’s power grids for the remaining months of the year. “For 2024, we are not seeing additional alert notices so far. That doesn’t consider forced outages,” NGCP spokesperson Cynthia […]

Meralco hikes power rate in May

The tight power supply in the Luzon grid during the yellow and red alerts in April has pushed electricity rates up in franchise areas of Manila Electric Company (Meralco). Meralco announced Tuesday that power rates in May increased by PHP0.4621 per kilowatt hour to PHP11.4139 per kWh from PHP10.9518 per kWh in the previous month.