June 25, 2018

WESM’s IEMO president to be known today

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 24, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The operations of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) will have its historical turning point today, June 25, with the scheduled election of the first president of […]
June 23, 2018

EU dangles diesel-solar hybrid system for PH ‘unviable areas’

By Myrna M.Velasco – June 22, 2018, 10:48 PM from Manila Bulletin To give much-needed shot in the arm for the energy access of far-flung as well as the so-called ‘unviable areas’ in the Philippines, the European Union (EU) is […]
June 23, 2018

PNOC begins auction of Malampaya’s gas reserves

By Alena Mae S. Flores – June 21, 2018 at 07:00 pm from manilastandard.net State-run Philippine National Oil Co. has issued an invitation to bid for the sale of its banked gas from the Malampaya gas project in northwest Palawan. […]
June 23, 2018

‘At Seventeen’: On the anniversary of Epira, have we learned the truth about the power sector?

By Lenie Lectura – June 23, 2018 from Business Mirror In Photo: The Pagbilao coal-fired power plant in Quezon. SEVENTEEN years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001, or Republic Act 9136, was enacted into law, have […]