Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:00:25 +0000
While power outages are not uncommon in the U.S., widespread blackouts that last more than a couple of hours are pretty rare. However, this summer marks the 20th anniversary of […]
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Credit to Author: Paul Blest| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 14:36:32 +0000
France’s massive transport strike is mostly over, but some members of a Paris union are not going quietly.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 21:14:18 +0000
Nearly 260,000 customers of Manila Electric Co. in the Makati and Taguig central business districts suffered a 41-minute service interruption
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 05:03:50 +0000
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – As lights turned back on across Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay after a massive blackout hit tens of millions people, authorities were still largely in the dark about what caused the collapse of the interconnected grid and tallied the damage from the unforeseen disaster.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 08:32:54 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is coordinating with the energy sector to ensure a reliable power supply during the May midterm elections, a Comelec official said Friday.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:34:22 +0000
It’s not the possible power outages during the May 13 election but during the transmission and counting of votes that make the country’s energy officials worry.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 06:08:49 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) on Tuesday said some of its customers will experience power supply interruptions after the Luzon grid was placed under red and yellow alerts.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 03:40:38 +0000
Consumers may expect no brownouts on Tuesday as the Luzon grid was operating under “normal conditions,” the DOE said.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:27:14 +0000
Security guards rescued a man trapped inside a mall elevator during a power outage in Bonifacio Global City Friday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:42:01 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — National Grid Corp. of the Philippines placed the Luzon grid under red alert for the third straight day on Friday. This time the likelihood that demand will outstrip available generating capacity is estimated to be within a 13-hour period, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. — the worst so far in the […]
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