September 16, 2020

MVP, Dennis Uy firms bid for WPS petroleum blocks

By Catherine Talavera – September 16, 2020 – 12:00am from The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — Energy companies led by business titans Manuel V. Pangilinan and Davao’s Dennis Uy are among those that expressed interest to participate in the latest […]
September 16, 2020

Rising missionary charges called ‘misguided’ after Congress queries DoE

By Adam J. Ang – September 13, 2020 | 7:38 pm from Business World   A BILL component that provides electrification to far-flung, unenergized parts of the country should be reduced, a consumer group said, after Congress questioned the Department […]
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) […]