February 21, 2018

10 power projects vie for DOE accreditation

By Lenie Lectura – February 20, 2018 from Business Mirror TEN power projects, including the multibillion peso Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP), are vying to be declared by the energy department as “Project of National Significance” under Executive Order (EO) 30. EO […]
February 20, 2018

DUs no longer allowed to do ‘unsolicited proposals’ or Swiss challenge under CSP

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 19, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The newly-issued Circular of the Department of Energy (DOE) will already prohibit distribution utilities (DUs) from undertaking ‘unsolicited proposals’ or Swiss challenge in the fortified competitive selection […]
February 20, 2018

Foreign firms place BNPP rehab cost at over US$2B

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 19, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin For the country to bring the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) to operational stream, the government or its targeted investor will need to fork out more […]
February 19, 2018

The Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 18, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is seriously considering a ‘zonal auction’ or “based on location’ bidding of renewable energy (RE) projects that shall be qualified under the […]