October 10, 2019

SMC power unit selling $500m worth of securities

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 09, 2019 at 07:50 pm from manilastandard.net The board of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. approved the sale of up to $500 million in undated senior perpetual capital securities based on prevailing market […]
October 10, 2019

Viewpoint: The 52-Billion Pesos Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project

Demonstrating how the NGCP makes money for its owners and for the banks at the expense of electric power consumers By David A. Tauli, President, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers Last month, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines scheduled […]
October 10, 2019

NIA, First Gen sign hydro-power deal

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 08, 2019 at 07:35 pm from manilastandard.net The National Irrigation Administration and First Hydro Power Corp. signed an agreement to develop a hydroelectric power project at the Aya Dam in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija […]
October 8, 2019

With climate woes worsening energy insecurity, geothermal is key–EDC

By Lenie Lectura -October 8, 201941 from Business Mirror Energy Development Corp.’s Mount Apo geothermal plant. LOPEZ-LED Energy Development Corp. (EDC) said Monday that geothermal energy is key to achieving the country’s goal to move toward attaining energy security amid worsening […]