October 6, 2018

SMC to replace coal with rice husks as fuel for 2 coal plants

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 03, 2018 at 07:45 pm from manilastandard.net Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. said Wednesday its energy unit will replace coal with rice husks as fuel for two new circulating fluidized bed power plants to […]
October 6, 2018

Panay Power in hot water for failing to refund P631 million to customers

By BusinessMirror – October 5, 2018 THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has castigated the Panay Electric Co. (Peco), the sole electricity supplier in Iloilo City, for failing to refund P631 million in overbilling to its customers, adding to its woes […]
October 4, 2018

SMC to convert clean-coal plants to biomass power facilities

By Lenie Lectura – October 3, 2018 from Business Mirror SAN Miguel Corp. (SMC) said on Wednesday its power unit will convert its clean-coal plants utilizing CFB (Circulating Fluidized Bed) technology to biomass power facilities. Currently, SMC Global Power operates […]
October 3, 2018

WESM-Mindanao operations reset to first half of 2019

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 2, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The commercial operations of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao will be pushed to first half of next year, according to the Department of Energy […]