October 27, 2020

Legislator asks power regulators to extend no-disconnection policy to end of January

By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza – October 25, 2020 | 6:34 pm from Business World PHILSTAR A SENIOR PARTY-LIST legislator asked power-industry regulators to implement an installment-payment policy on power bills until Jan. 31, instead of allowing power companies to […]
October 26, 2020

PSALM fails to get interest on negotiated sale of Malaya plant

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 25, 2020 at 07:55 pm from manilastandard.net The negotiated sale of the 650-megawatt Malaya Thermal Power Plant and land failed to receive any participant during the pre-negotiation process on Friday as investor interest […]
October 26, 2020

Energy dep’t approves formation of new WESM compliance committee

By Adam J. Ang – October 25, 2020 | 6:27 pm from Business World A NEW committee overseeing the electricity spot market will be formed soon to monitor its operations and adjudicate rules breaches, the Department of Energy (DoE) said. […]
October 26, 2020

Energy committee chairman flags P2.5B in unliquidated subsidies to rural utilities

By Adam J. Ang – October 25, 2020 | 6:27 pm from Business World THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) violated its own policy of halting subsidies to rural utilities with a backlog of unliquidated previous funding, the chairman of the […]