May 13, 2019

EDC to expand geothermal assets

By Lenie Lectura – May 13, 2019 from Business Mirror LOPEZ-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) said last week it would carry out “a small expansion” of its geothermal assets. “We have a few plants lined up for EDC. They are […]
May 13, 2019

ERC concerned over new plants

By Alena Mae S. Flores – May 12, 2019 from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission expressed serious concern over the high incidence of “young” power plants that went on forced outages from March 5 to April 25. ERC chairperson Agnes […]
May 12, 2019

ERC widens scope of ILP activation during power ‘red alerts’

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 11, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has broadened the scope on when the interruptible load program (ILP) can be activated by a servicing distribution utility (DU), so power […]
May 11, 2019

Mindanao peak power demand hits record on May 8

By Charmaine A. Tadalan – May 9, 2019 | 10:06 pm from Business World EVENING TAO  PEAK POWER demand in Mindanao hit a record 2,013 megawatts on May 8, exceeding the 1,853 MW recorded on Dec. 13, the Mindanao Power […]