COREPLUS urges Cebu businesses to strengthen own energy systems

GMA Network - Oct 20, 2026

COREPLUS, the energy engineering and technical services are of Vivant Energy"s COREnergy, has called on businesses in Cebu to strengthen energy systems within their own operations amid power supply volatility in the Visayas grid.

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