May 28, 2021

Legislation pushed to scrap FIT perks for RE projects

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 28, 2021, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin Congress is being urged to craft a legislative measure that shall seek to remove or renegotiate feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentives to renewable energy (RE) projects — given that […]
May 28, 2021

IEMOP activates secondary price cap

BY LENIE LECTURA – MAY 28, 2021 from Business Mirror The spike in Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) rates prompted the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) to activate the secondary price cap, a price-mitigating mechanism designed to […]
May 28, 2021

Meralco to re-impose lower convenience fee

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 27, 2021, 2:17 PM from Manila Bulletin Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be re-imposing convenience fee (CF) for online payments of its customers using its Meralco Online and Mobile App, but […]
May 27, 2021

First Gen borrows $308 million from 4 banks

BY LENIE LECTURA – MAY 27, 2021 from Business Mirror File photo: First Gen’s natural gas power plants in Batangas First Gen Corp. (First Gen) has sealed a $308-million loan from four banks to refinance its debts and partly fund […]