March 13, 2018

Duterte: Firms must join rural electrification drive

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – March 13, 2018 from The Manila Times President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to allow the private sector to participate in the complete electrification of […]
March 13, 2018

Maibarara Geothermal puts power plant online

By Lenie Lectura – March 12, 2018 from Business Mirror MAIBARARA Geothermal Inc. (MGI) successfully commissioned last week the 12-megawatt (MW) Maibarara Geothermal Power Plant-2 (M2), the first geothermal facility to be put up under the current administration. The power facility […]
March 12, 2018

Waste-to-power plant set to open

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – March 12, 2108 from The Manila Times LAPU-LAPU CITY, CEBU: The first waste-to-energy facility in the Phiippines is expected to become fully operational this December. A soft opening of the facility, situated inside the Cebu Light […]
March 12, 2018

Meralco seeks regulator’s nod for P21-billion capex for 2019

By Lenie Lectura – March 11, 2018 from Business Mirror POWER retailer Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has applied for a capital expenditure (capex) of about P21 billion for 2019. “I think we filed for something in the order of about […]