⚡ Electricity · Luzon

Capacity, demand, fuel mix, outages and prices on the three grids: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Dependable capacity20,340 MW

Peak demand (2025)13,839 MW

Where the power comes from (2025)

Coal 56.9%Gas 24.2%Geothermal 4.8%Hydro 7.9%Solar 4.1%Wind 1.2%

Households with electricity 98.53%

Grid alerts in 2026 so far not published

Residential rate (Sep 2026)

MERALCO (NCR, Luzon)

₱14.74

Mariveles-Hermosa-San Jose 500 kV line completed (2024-07)
Batangas-Mindoro Interconnection - Stage 1 target Sep 2027, Stage 2 Dec 2030
Luzon-Visayas HVDC bipolar operation - target Dec 2032
Mindoro-Panay 230 kV Interconnection - TDP 2041-2050; DOE now implementing it as a strategic project, NGCP considering accelerating (originally 2040 per NGCP) (2026-09-22)
Luzon-to-Cebu transfer: about 400 MW transmissible but only 200-250 MW reaching Cebu; first stage of new Cebu interconnection (+600 MW) moved up to 2029 from 2031 (2026-10-05)
One Mindoro Power Grid Development targeted for completion by 2027 (2026-09-07)

Sources: DOE Power Statistics 2025, NGCP alert tallies, DOE retail rate sheet.