March 20, 2017

Coal plants to boost PHL power supply

By Lenie Lectura – March 19, 2017 from Business Mirror The Philippines is assured of 5,000 megawatts (MW) of new power-generation capacity between this year and 2020, with coal power plants still dominating the power mix. In the 2017-2020 list […]
March 17, 2017

Solons say midnight ERC deals allow Meralco to lock down consumers for 25 years

from Business Mirror March 16, 2017 Congressmen today assailed the alleged sweetheart deals engineered by officials of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to favor power distributor Meralco that would allow the latter to lock down consumers in its franchise areas […]
March 15, 2017

NGCP, SN Aboitiz seek ERC nod on new AS procurement

By Lenie Lectura – March 14, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) and SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet Inc. (SNAP-BI) are asking the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to grant them a provisional authority to implement their ancillary services procurement […]
March 15, 2017

NPC seeks P1.078-billion recovery cost adjustment from fuel-price fluctuations

By Lenie Lectura – March 13, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Power Corp. (NPC) has filed an application for recovery cost adjustments worth P1.078 billion. The amount represents additional operating costs incurred by NPC-SPUG (Small Power Utilities Group) as a result of […]