November 17, 2016

Explain outages, Cusi orders producers

by Alena Mae S. Flores – November 17, 2016 at 12:01 am from Manila Standard Today THE Energy Department on Wednesday ordered the power producers and other stakeholders to explain the cause of the tripping of eight power plants that caused the brownouts […]
November 12, 2016

Nuke plant revival bid approved

by Alena Mae S. Flores –  November 12, 2016 at 12:01 am from Manila Standard Today PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has given the Energy Department the go-ahead to look into the possibility of powering up the 620-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, which was mothballed […]
November 8, 2016

Meralco rates drop by P0.0781 per kWh

by Alena Mae S. Flores – November 07, 2016 at 11:30 pm from Manila Standard Today Consumers of Manila Electric Co. will experience lower rates this month with the rate for a typical household dropping P0.0781 per kilowatt-hour to P8.26 per kWh, the […]
November 4, 2016

ERC delays schedule of open access

by Alena Mae S. Flores – November 01, 2016 at 11:56 pm from Manila Standard Today The Energy Regulatory Commission issued a draft resolution amending the schedule of mandatory retail competition and open access, which allows large power users to choose their own […]