Electricity sector in the Philippines

The electricity sector in the Philippines provides electricity through power generation, transmission, and distribution to many parts of the country. The Philippines is divided into three electrical grids, one each for Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.

As of June 2016, the total installed capacity in the Philippines was 20,055 megawatts (MW), of which 71.5% was on the Luzon grid. About 12% of Filipinos have no access to electricity. The Philippines is also one of the countries in the world that has a fully functioning electricity market since 2006 called the Philippine Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) and is operated by an independent market operator. By 2017, coal-powered electric energy began to comprise more than 50% of the nationwide power generation in the country.

As of 2025, the Philippines has the second-highest electricity rate in Southeast Asia after Singapore.

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