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January 2016 News Files

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JANUARY 2016 NEWS FILES

Trans-Asia rebrands to PHINMA Energy

Aboitiz group bats for ‘satisfactory settlement’

Basic Energy withdraws 4 hydro service contracts

Ayala looking for power acquisition opportunities

Solar power plant links to Luzon grid

Sacasun seeks link

Tarlac solar delivers power

Meralco eyes partners to initially deploy 100-MW solar power in franchise areas

Basic Energy abandons four hydropower contracts to focus on geothermal projects

AboitizPower to dialogue with PEMC to resolve P235-million penalty issue

Solar installation target may fall short at cut-off date, DOE predicts

AES raises $525-M loan for Masinloc plant expansion

Two solar firms seek ERC permit on power lines

Executive opposes electricity rate hike amid oil price drop

Meralco proposes savings program

Enfinity seeks ERC okay to develop NGCP substation in Davao del Sur

Meralco urges SMEs to join Biz Partners program to save 37% in electricity costs

PSALM seeks legal opinion on ‘buy-out proposal’ for Casecnan, CBK hydro plants

ERC fines Cebu power utility
Monthly switching of power suppliers allowed under retail competition
Burning is ‘new modus’ vs transmission facilities
NPC files for P5.8-B cost recoveries via rate increase of P0.0788/kwh
Meralco, 2 power firms sign contracts
Napocor to collect P6b worth of subsidy
ERC hits Mactan Electric Co. with P55.6-million penalty
Eastern Petroleum executive scores NPC plan to increase power rates
DOE wants government agreement with Malampaya group extended
DOE seeks 2nd extension on CNG bus pilot project
PSALM presidency vacant again
Several power projects encountering delays
Green energy option pushed as added incentive for RE technologies
PSALM paid P80b worth of debt in ‘15
PH oil imports fall 40% to $5.8b in nine months
‘Sabotage’ caused recent power outage in Mindanao provinces
DOE starts review of power plants’ maintenance schedules
Low oil prices likely to dampen PH petroleum contracting round
Alternergy plans wind power project expansion
Nabas wind farm boosts power supply for Boracay
DOE awards 3,000 e-trike units for Metro Manila, other areas
Total plans LNG investment in PH
Sacasol bucks NGCP
Lucio Tan joining wind power
DOE to monitor oil companies’ compliance with directive to sell Euro-4 grade fuel
Total plans to hike investment in LNG biz in PHL
Meralco secures 170-MW supply from Bauang power plant for summer
RE developers seek pass-on of P2.6B in FIT under-recoveries
DOE awards 42 new RE service contracts
Bemac, Japan firm bag e-trikes supply
Renewables increase electricity cost by P4b
Larger wind farm in Aklan planned
DOE awards e-trike contract to Japan firm, local partner
Alternergy eyeing more clean-energy projects
Meralco to source extra power from 1590 Energy Corp. this year
RE plants kept power rates steady at WESM, PEMC says
ERC to start PEMC, NGCP audit
NEA okays ‘supply deal guarantee’ for Occidental Mindoro electric coop
NGCP yet to repair transmission facility servicing to Agus plant
Group detonates bomb near NGCP tower
PSALM reviews buyout of CBK
Desco buys 80% stake in CamSur exploration
Desco to acquire 80% stake of Basic in a CamSur GSC
RE developers soak up P2-B FIT-All
DOE seeks legislated policy classifying energy projects of ‘national significance’
Aboitiz Power wants LNG terminal investments shifted to gov’t
LNG facilities seen as viable investments
Stronger energy law pushed
Big taxes blamed for high power rates in PH
ERC sees 671 groups switching to retail electricity suppliers
53 power projects in pipeline to boost PHL supply by 5,000 MW
AC Energy Holdings wants next administration to balance interest of consumers, private biz
Players in power industry reject continuing calls to amend Epira
SPC retorts: SC decision on Naga plant ‘not yet final’
Ayala raising $1 billion for Mariveles coal plant expansion
Massive solar incursion may compromise Visayas grid
WESM price caps made permanent
DOE explores option for Bat-Man pipeline
Palawan town power supply now 24/7
Aboitiz Power vying for Naga plant rehab contract
DOE seeks DOF OK for oil, gas contracts
ERC greenlights VECO, Southwest Luzon supply deal
Government urged to spur investments in LNG sector
Meralco dips into mini-hydro development
Wind power enough
Ayala, 5 banks sign Bataan power loan
Bigger Leyte power auction eyed
SPC Power seeking review of Naga plant decision
Solar power glut feared in Negros
Batangas gas pipeline facing new delay
Napocor’s diesel-run facility restores power in Rizal, Palawan
Aboitiz says it won the auction for Naga plants
WESM keeps P32 price cap
Aboitiz plans Davao coal plant expansion
‘To entice private business to join, government should include LNG terminal in PPP Program’
GN Power secures $700-million bank loan to finance Bulacan coal-fired plant
SPC Power: PSALM must rebid Naga power plant if SC denies SPC motion
NGCP wants government to pay P23-million assets destroyed by Typhoon Amang in 2015
Balisacan chides DOE for lack of leadership
AboitizPower: Government should award 153.1-MW power plant to subsidiary
China slowdown, Saudi and Iran row trigger another cut in fuel pump prices
Monsada says DOF review, Palace OK delay award of petro service contracts and RE deals
WESM price cap at P32/kWh is permanent–tripartite panel
Aboitiz asks govt to help develop LNG terminal in PHL
Meralco execs draw wish list for next administration
DOE ensures adequate power supply during May
Damage cost on transmission facilities may drive up power rates
DOE sets ‘contingency measures’ on power supply on election period
Aboitiz Power expanding Davao power plant
Meralco announces rate cut as generation cost fell to a 6-year low
AboitizPower set to double TSI’s 300-MW base-load power plant
Aquino moves to settle ROW issues, power woes in south
Meralco rates lower by P0.21/kwh in Jan.
DOE forms task force to oversee power supply in May polls
Mindanao faces ‘grid collapse’
Power rates to go down in January then rise in succeeding months
NGCP warns of ‘probable grid collapse’ in Mindanao
Rule-setting eyed on ‘double counting’ of power market cap
3 wind plants seen to generate 165 MW by 2017
Brace for tight power supply in Luzon due to plant outages
Mindanao at risk of possible power-grid collapse–NGCP
DOE eyes validation of new FIT-backed solar projects soon
NPC releases water anew from Angat Dam
Government slows down RE contracts award
Meralco unit offers contract to build Subic coal-fired power plant
Basic Energy to start geothermal drilling in Batangas
PSALM to cut Mindanao supply by 290MW
Energy policy fixes: When ‘the future is now’
ERC sets audit on WESM market operator
Mindanao power reserves negative
ERC okays Agus plant’s switchyard upgrade
ERC prepares for IT-enabled process
PSALM to revise power supply contracts with Mindanao off-takers
Euphoric over cheap oil prices but the energy sector is still ‘under siege’ (First of two parts)
AES to complete battery energy storage mid-2016
Metrobank expands power deals
EDC to pursue Chile geothermal drilling
MST Chatter — Who gets Malampaya’s banked gas?
Maibarara expands geothermal project
ERC to refine market-share restriction rules
LNG industry: The calm and chaos of reaching ‘golden age’
DOE defers award of RE contracts
Right-of-way issue stalls NGCP repairs: Longer blackouts loom in Mindanao
AboitizPower unit starts full operations of Davao coal plant
Negros solar plant on track
Meralco awaits ERC approval for 100,000 new electric meters

 

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