November 16, 2016

Hedcor agrees to supply Buseco 5 MW of power in 2017

By Lenie Lectura – November 14, 2016 from Business Mirror ABOITIZPower subsidiary Hedcor Inc. will supply  Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative Inc. (Buseco) 5 megawatts (MW) in 2017. An energy-supply agreement was signed by both parties on November 10. Buseco will be sourcing power […]
November 14, 2016

Power-sector players still await clear-cut policy on energy mix

By Lenie Lectura – November 11, 2016 from Business Mirror MORE than a hundred days since the assumption of the new administration, industry players in the power sector are still waiting for the government to issue a policy on energy mix […]
November 14, 2016

‘Government should tap safer energy sources in West Philippine Sea’

By Butch Fernandez & Lenie Lectura – November 13, 2016 from Business Mirror Instead of spending $1 billion to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), the chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy urged the government to use money to […]
November 14, 2016

Meralco’s Self-Dealing is Rent-Seeking on its Distribution Franchise. It is Abuse of Market Power and Harmful to Consumers.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 13 November 2016 Meralco has a franchise and monopoly for the distribution of electricity in the mega area of Metro-Manila and adjoining provinces. Its distribution franchise though did not come with the right to also monopolize […]