January 14, 2020

SC rejects Peco bid to move outside Iloilo expropriation case filed by MORE

By Lenie Lectura -January 14, 2020 from Business Mirror The façade of the Supreme Court Building on Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila. THE Supreme Court has rejected Panay Electric Co.’s (Peco) petition to transfer the expropriation case filed by More […]
January 14, 2020

Power outages hit South Luzon areas on Taal Volcano eruption

By Lenie Lectura -January 13, 2020 from Business Mirror (AP file photo) POWER outages occurred in the vicinity of Taal Volcano, which continued to spew ash following its eruption Sunday afternoon. As of Monday morning, the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) […]
January 14, 2020

New president named for WESM operating entity

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 13, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The operating entity of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has a new president in lawyer Richard Nethercott — already the third one to serve at the […]
January 13, 2020

Third-party investors sought for unenergized service areas of DUs

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – January 11, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The government, through a policy direction set out by the Department of Energy (DOE), is inviting third- party investors that shall energize the areas unserved or underserved […]