December 8, 2016

Buyout of IPP contracts eyed

by Alena Mae S. Flores – December 06, 2016 at 09:00 pm from Manila Standard Today Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. has proposed buying out the independent power producer contracts of three plants in order to proceed with the eventual sale […]
December 8, 2016

Weaker peso pushes up electricity rate

by Alena Mae S. Flores – December 07, 2016 at 10:20 pm from Manila Standard Today Power rates within the franchise area of Manila Electric Co. increased by P0.1011 per kilowatt-hour in December, on higher generation charges and weaker peso. Meralco said in […]
December 7, 2016

Energy department to investors: Don’t pull plug on power investments

By Lenie Lectura – December 6, 2016 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday strongly urged the private sector to continue investing in the power sector, stressing the country needs an additional 17,338 megawatts (MW) of power-generation capacity by 2030. […]
December 7, 2016

Growth to raise demand for power

by Alena Mae S. Flores – December 06, 2016 at 08:40 pm from Manila Standard Today The Philippines will need additional power capacity of 17,338 megawatts by 2030 as energy demand is expected to continue to grow driven by projections of an eight […]