April 29, 2019

Subic power plant faces further delay

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 28, 2019 at 07:10 pm from manilastandard.net Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. may put on hold the development of a 660-megawatt coal-fired power until 2020 due to construction issues, an official said over the […]
April 27, 2019

Senate to probe power outages; no brownouts seen during polls

By Charmaine A. Tadalan – April 24, 2019 | 10:13 pm from Business World PHILSTAR THE SENATE energy committee on Thursday will hold a hearing to look into the unscheduled power plant shutdowns that may result in rotating power outages […]
April 27, 2019

DoE terminates geothermal deal of Basic Energy

By Darwin G. Amojelar – April 26, 2019 at 09:15 pm from manilastandard.net Basic Energy Corp. said the government terminated its geothermal service contract covering the East Mankayan Geothermal Project in the provinces of Benguet, Ifugao and Mountain Province. The […]
April 26, 2019

WESM operator appoints new president

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 25, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin In less than a year, the market operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) is having its second president in Engineer Jose Mari T. Bigornia, replacing […]