April 21, 2017

D.O.E. okays G.I.S. for 7 power projects

By Lenie Lectura – April 20, 2017  from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) has cleared seven power projects for the conduct of a grid impact study (GIS). These proposed projects could generate a total of 562 megawatts (MW) of […]
April 18, 2017

More power plants now on-line (DOE admits summer price hikes)

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 17, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) has admitted that summer months will likely drive up electricity rates for power consumers, but earlier forecasts of continued ‘yellow alerts’ had been […]
April 17, 2017

DOE chief reinforcing ‘nuclear power dream’

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 12, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy’s (DOE) fascination with its “nuclear power dream” is not fading with time, as Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi re-stated recently the weekend the development […]
April 10, 2017

PHL needs to hike power supply by 43,000 MW–DOE

By Lenie Lectura – April 9, 2017 from Business Mirror The Philippines needs 43,000 megawatts (MW) of additional power-generation capacity until 2040, with the bulk to be supplied in Luzon, according to the Department of Energy (DOE). In a briefing paper on […]