October 25, 2017

DOE sets penalty versus power facilities’ outages

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 24, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Forced outages in power plants and tripping of transmission lines will soon be enforced with penalties based on the ‘causers pay principle’ being thought out by the Department […]
October 25, 2017

ABB reinforces operations efficiency of Quezon power plant

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 24, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With its “Ability Symphony Plus” training simulator digital solution, European firm ABB will be reinforcing the operational efficiencies of the 460-megawatt Quezon power plant sited in Mauban town […]
October 24, 2017

Singson expects ‘different challenges’ at Meralco PowerGen

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 21, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With regulatory-snagged approvals of power supply agreements (PSAs) on projects, incoming Meralco PowerGen Corporation President Rogelio L. Singson indicated that he is expecting “different challenges” at his next […]
October 24, 2017

Our National Dance on Market Concentration in Power….and the Resulting Monopolization, Oligopolization, and Cartelization.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 22 October 2017 The DOE and ERC have been dancing around the issue of Market Concentration in Power since the get-go of the crafting and passing of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 that […]