November 2, 2021

Meralco to retire Binondo substation

BY LENIE LECTURA – NOVEMBER 1, 2021 from Business Mirror THE Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has asked permission from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to retire its Binondo substation, one of the utility firm’s oldest substations, which has been in […]
November 2, 2021

ALI taps clean energy from AC Energy

BY LENIE LECTURA – NOVEMBER 1, 2021 from Business Mirror AC Energy Corp. (ACEN) will supply clean energy to Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) until 2050, the power firm said last week. ACEN and ALI signed a power supply agreement last […]
November 2, 2021

ERC scrutinizes supply overcontracting by DUs

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 1, 2021, 2:23 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is rigidly scrutinizing the power supply agreements (PSAs) entered into by distribution utilities (DUs) in its bid to strictly disallow ‘overcontracting’ in […]
November 2, 2021

Gov’t needs P33 B to buy out coal plants in Mindanao

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 31, 2021, 10:30 PM from Manila Bulletin The Philippine government will need to shell out more than P330 billion if it will concretize its plan to ‘buy out’ coal plants in Mindanao grid as […]