October 12, 2017

Visayas electricity supply still tight

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 11, 2017 at 07:33 pm from manilastandard.net The Visayas grid will experience tight power supply, with “yellow and red alerts” until December this year, underscoring the need for additional reserves in the region, an official of Philippine […]
October 12, 2017

Saudi, other foreign firms set tenders on AES asset sale

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 11, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Saudi Arabian company ACWA Power is reportedly among the prospective investors that had put an offer into the targeted divestment of the Philippine assets of American firm AES […]
October 10, 2017

VisMin power link-up could be EO 30 ‘pilot project’

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 9, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP) is hinted as the ‘pilot project’ that will likely test the viability of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No. 30, or the Malacanang-issued […]
October 10, 2017

Consumers could unduly face volatile WESM prices – SMC

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 8, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The legally-contested action of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) terminating the independent power producer administrator (IPPA) agreement for the supply contract of the 1,200-megawatt […]