⚡ Electricity · Visayas

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

highest peak demandlowest · 2025 peak demand per sub-grid, MW (DOE)

Dependable capacity3,493 MW

Peak demand (2025)2,691 MW

Where the power comes from (2025)

Coal 50.4%Oil 2.3%Geothermal 34.4%Hydro 2.6%Solar 5.8%Wind 1.2%Biomass 3.3%

Households with electricity 95.78%

Grid alerts in 2026 so far 105 yellow 41 red (2026-09-17)

Visayas recurring yellow and red alerts since 12 May 2026 (2026-06-17)
Visayas grid lifted from yellow alert after PEDC Unit 3 (150 MW) returned (2026-07-06)
Visayas red alerts every day of September 2026 except 6 Sep (to 17 Sep) (2026-09-17)

Residential rate (Sep 2026)

Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) completed (2024-01)
Cebu-Negros-Panay 230 kV Backbone Stage 3 energized (remaining components) - 10:01 AM, 27 Mar 2024; 400 MW transfer (2024-03-27)
Cebu-Bohol 230 kV Interconnection Project completed (2024-12)
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)
Cebu-Bohol-Leyte 230 kV backbone and Metro Cebu 230 kV loop - TDP horizon 2024-2050
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)

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