July 3, 2021

Meralco rates anticipated to go up this month

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 2, 2021, 12:39 PM from Manila Bulletin The ‘curse’ of strained electricity supply mainly precipitated by simultaneous plant outages will continue to haunt electricity consumers — as the overall rate of Manila Electric Company […]
July 2, 2021

AboitizPower planning floating solar project

By Jordeene B. Lagare – July 2, 2021 from The Manila Times A subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corp. is close to completing a study to determine the viability of developing a floating solar power project. AboitizPower President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Rubio said […]
July 2, 2021

ERC probe to zero in on ‘profit-takers’ during WESM price spikes

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 1, 2021, 4:02 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has stipulated that it will zero in investigations on generation companies (GenCos) that may have raked in “financial gains” from the series […]
July 2, 2021

NCIP forcibly shuts down Hedcor hydro plants in Benguet

BY LENIE LECTURA – JULY 1, 2021 from Business Mirror THE National Commission on Indigenous Peoples-Cordillera Administrative Region (NCIP-CAR) has implemented the cease and desist order (CDO) against Hedcor Inc.’s three hydro power facilities despite a directive from the energy […]