June 28, 2018

DoE upbeat on adding 10,000 MW to supply

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – June 27, 2018 from The Manila Times THE Department of Energy (DoE) on Tuesday expressed confidence that it would add about 10,000 megawatts (MW) by 2021 to bolster the Philippines’ power supply. On the sidelines […]
June 28, 2018

PEMC moves closer to being independent

By Alena Mae S. Flores – June 26, 2018 at 07:00 pm from manilastandard.net Philippine Electricity Market Corp., operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, took a step closer of becoming an independent market operator after the Energy Department relinquished […]
June 28, 2018

NGCP to extend transmission lines to meet peak power demand in 2040

By BusinessMirror – June 27, 2018 THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) plans to increase the length of its total transmission line to 35,312 circuit kilometers (ckm) and its total substation capacity to 88,036 megavolt-amperes (MVA) in a […]
June 27, 2018

Oriental Energy putting up Aklan hydropower project

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 26, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Oriental Energy and Power Generation Corporation will be putting up the 18-megawatt Timbaban hydropower project to be sited in Madalag, Aklan in the Visayas grid, according to […]