January 24, 2018

DOE re-aligns EO 30 for power investments in medium-term

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 23, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The enforcement of Executive Order (EO) No. 30 in streamlining power project approvals is not seen to be “too immediate” by the Department of Energy, as it […]
January 24, 2018

WESM to get independent operator soon

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 22, 2018 at 06:31 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department vowed to install an independent market operator for the wholesale electricity spot market, the country’s trading floor of electricity, by June. “By February… […]
January 24, 2018

Mahal na Pangulong Duterte, Pwede Po Kaya After TRAIN, “NO to Gravy TRAIN” naman?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 23 January 2018 The way the electric consumers are being stirred up against the Duterte administrations TRAIN it is as if they are being thrown literally under the train. Of course anytime taxes and utility rates […]
January 23, 2018

DOE examines linkage of power markets to stock exchanges

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 22, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Before rendering any decision to the proposal of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to take over the operations of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), Energy Secretary […]