September 15, 2020

COA rejects ERC request to audit Meralco

By Lenie Lectura – September 14, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Commission on Audit (COA) has informed the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) that it will not audit the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). “We wrote them but their response was in […]
September 14, 2020

Bantayan Island gets emergency power supply

By Lenie Lectura – September 14, 2020 from Business Mirror Isla Norte Energy Corp. (INEC), a joint venture of Vivant Energy and Gigawatt Power Corp., has provided Bantayan Island a three-megawatt (MW) power facility to temporarily address the power outage […]
September 14, 2020

DoE seeks investor-challengers for two PNOC-EC coal contracts

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 14, 2020, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking for investors that will challenge the two coal operating contract (COC) applications of state-run Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) […]
September 14, 2020

Subsidies to off-grid power swell to P28 B

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 14, 2020, 5:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The subsidy being paid for by Filipino consumers in their power bills for the provision of electricity services in off-grid areas is projected swelling to P28.373 billion […]