February 12, 2020

Firm tells DOE of interest to explore Mindoro-Cuyo basin petrol reserves

By Lenie Lectura -February 12, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) has received an application to explore petroleum reserves in Mindoro-Cuyo basin, a nominated area submitted by an undisclosed firm. The nomination of an area for exploration […]
February 12, 2020

Competitive offers eyed on Mindoro-Cuyo area

By Alena Mae S. Flores – February 11, 2020 at 08:00 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department is seeking competitive offers to develop the Mindoro-Cuyo oil and gas basin under the government’s Philippine Conventional Energy Contracting Program. The department asked […]
February 12, 2020

Did ERC let Iemop collect fees from consumers? Solons ask

By Lenie Lectura -February 12, 2020 from Business Mirror THE House Energy Committee wants to know from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) if it allowed Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (Iemop) to collect 1 centavo for every kilowatt-hour (kWh) from […]
February 11, 2020

ERC pushes ‘stricter scrutiny’ of power plants’ outages

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – February 10, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will “uncompromisingly” dissect the root causes of forced outages of power plants, especially at periods when supply-demand condition traverses critical levels. ERC […]