December 23, 2016

2 plants in shutdown on Malampaya repair

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 22, 2016, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Two power plants – Quezon Power and Calaca coal-fired generating units – will be under scheduled maintenance shutdown almost parallel to the shutdown of the Malampaya gas […]
December 23, 2016

Malampaya shutdown to hike power cost–D.O.E.

By Lenie Lectura – December 22, 2016 from Business Mirror The 20-day shutdown of the Malampaya gas facility next year will result in an increase of about P1 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in power generation cost, according to the Department […]
December 23, 2016

Viewpoint: Reducing Rates for Electricity in Mindanao

by David A. Tauli Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers Lately, we have heard proposals, mostly foolish, coming from the Department of Energy and from the Mindanao Development Authority that supposedly will reduce the rates for electric power supply in Mindanao. […]
December 21, 2016

WESM expects power rates falling next year

by Alena Mae S. Flores – December 19, 2016 at 08:12 pm from Manila Standard Today Philippine Electricity Market Corp., the operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, expects power rates to sustain a downtrend next year, after settlement prices plunged to a […]