Kasugbong Han Estehanon

04/09/2026

GOVERNMENT WORKERS TO RECEIVE 4TH SALARY INCREASE TRANCHE IN 2027

Government employees are set to receive the fourth and final tranche of the updated salary schedule beginning January 1, 2027, under Executive Order (EO) No. 64, s. 2024.

The 2027 salary schedule covers civilian government personnel and provides updated monthly basic salaries based on an employee's Salary Grade (SG) and salary step.

Under the 2027 schedule, the minimum monthly basic salary for Salary Grade 1, Step 1 will be P15,208, while Salary Grade 33, Step 1 will start at P459,469.

The salary adjustment is part of the multi-year compensation increase implemented under EO No. 64, which provides for four tranches of salary increases for civilian government personnel.

04/09/2026

NGCP may implement Manual Load Dropping (MLD) in the following areas today, 4 September, to maintain the integrity of the power system:

VISAYAS

10AM- 11PM

VECO
MECO
CEBECO I
CEBECO II
CEBECO III
NEPC
NOCECO
NORECO I
NORECO II
NONECO
MORE
AKELCO
ANTECO
CAPELCO
ILECO I
ILECO II
ILECO III
GUIMELCO
BLCI
BOHECO I

5:00PM- 8:00PM

LEYECO II
SOLECO
DORELCO
LEYECO III
LEYECO IV
LEYECO V
ESAMELCO
BILECO
NORSAMELCO
SAMELCO I
SAMELCO II
BOHECO II

⁠The implementation of Manual Load Dropping (MLD) is due to limited generation and zero import power from Mindanao grid.

Schedule may be cancelled if system condition improves, such as if actual demand falls below projections.

NGCP encourages everyone to exercise prudence in using electricity.

04/09/2026

VISAYAS GRID ALERT STATUS
Update as of 4 September 2026, 8AM

Red Alert
3:00PM- 10:00PM

Yellow Alert
1:00PM- 3:00PM
10:00PM- 11:00PM

Available Capacity - 2,233MW
Peak Demand - 2,504MW

8 plants are on forced outage on September, 6 plants since August 2026, 1 plant since July, 2 plants since June, 7 plants since May, 3 plants since 2025, 2 plants since 2024, 2 plants since 2023, and 1 plant since 2021, while 17 plants are running on derated capacities, for a total of 815.8MW unavailable to the grid.

Factor/s that contributed to the RED and YELLOW Alert declarations:
�1. Unavailability of Visayas' large coal plants TVI 1 and PEDC 3
�2. Limited and/or unavailable power import from Mindanao�
A red alert status is issued when power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement.

A yellow alert is issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement.

03/09/2026

03/09/2026

NGCP may implement Manual Load Dropping (MLD) in the following areas today, 3 September, to maintain the integrity of the power system:

VISAYAS

10AM- 11PM

VECO
MECO
CEBECO I
CEBECO II
CEBECO III
NEPC
NOCECO
NORECO I
NORECO II
NONECO
MORE
AKELCO
ANTECO
CAPELCO
ILECO I
ILECO II
ILECO III
GUIMELCO
BLCI
BOHECO I

4:00PM- 9:00PM

LEYECO II
SOLECO
DORELCO
LEYECO III
LEYECO IV
LEYECO V
ESAMELCO
BILECO
NORSAMELCO
SAMELCO I
SAMELCO II
BOHECO II

⁠The implementation of Manual Load Dropping (MLD) is due to limited generation and zero import power from Mindanao grid.

Schedule may be cancelled if system condition improves, such as if actual demand falls below projections.

NGCP encourages everyone to exercise prudence in using electricity.

03/09/2026

VISAYAS GRID ALERT STATUS
Update as of 3 September 2026, 8AM

Red Alert
1:00PM- 10:00PM

Yellow Alert
10:00AM- 1:00PM
10:00PM- 11:00PM

Available Capacity - 2,187MW
Peak Demand - 2,575MW

6 plants are on forced outage on September, 6 plants are on forced outage since August 2026, 1 plant since July, 2 plants since June, 7 plants since May, 3 plants since 2025, 2 plants since 2024, 2 plants since 2023, and 1 plant since 2021, while 16 plants are running on derated capacities, for a total of 792MW unavailable to the grid.

Factor/s that contributed to the RED and YELLOW Alert declarations:
�1. Unavailability of Visayas' large coal plants TVI 1 and PEDC 3
�2. Limited and or unavailable power import from Mindanao

A red alert status is issued when power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement.

A yellow alert is issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement.