February 7, 2017

TransCo owes P4b to renewable plants

by Alena Mae S. Flores – February 06, 2017 at 08:55 pm from Manila Standard Today The total unpaid obligations of National Transmission Corp. to renewable energy developers under the feed-in tariff regime have reached over P4 billion, an official said Monday. “Yes, […]
February 7, 2017

Sual plant suffers outage, but cloudy weather saves Luzon grid

by Myrna M. Velasco – February 6, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The 600-megawatt generating unit 1 of the Sual coal-fired power facility suffered forced outage early morning on Monday (February 6), but the system held without any declaration of […]
February 6, 2017

Phinma Energy defers building 900-MW coal-fired power plant in Sual, Pangasinan

By Lenie Lectura – February 5, 2017 from Business Mirror PHINMA Energy Corp. has deferred plans to put up a 900-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Sual, Pangasinan. “Deferred. Maraming supply. Who knows that by 2020 we may go for it?” Phinma Energy […]
February 6, 2017

Epira amendments readied

by Alena Mae S. Flores – February 05, 2017 at 08:35 pm from Manila Standard Today Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian is proposing amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act to further promote transparency and governance at the Energy Regulatory Commission. “We want to […]