Power News

January 28, 2025

PPA allocates P2.11B for Camarines Norte port upgrade

By Ashley Erika O. Jose – January 27, 2025 | 9:13 pm from Business Mirror NICHOLAS DOHERTY-UNSPLASH  THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is allocating P2.11 billion to improve Jose Panganiban port in Camarines Norte to make it suitable for servicing […]
January 28, 2025

EPI wants to link solar plant to grid

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 27, 2025, 7:15 pm from manilastandard.net Northern Palawan Power Generation Corp. is seeking an approval from the Energy Regulatory Commission to develop a dedicated point-to-point limited transmission facility to connect the 145-megawatt peak […]
January 27, 2025

Tera 7 to invest in Pangasinan solar project

By Lenie Lectura – January 27, 2025 from Business Mirror Tera Renewables 7 Corp. (Tera 7), a subsidiary of CleanTech Global Renewables Inc. (CTGRI), is putting up a solar power project in Pangasinan worth P17.62 billion. In its environmental impact […]
January 27, 2025

Citicore targets Q1 start for Bataan solar project

By Ed Paolo Salting – January 27, 2025 from The Manila Times   “With regard to the solar project with SMC, we’re already doing the design for it,” CREC President and CEO Oliver Tan said last week, CITICORE Renewable Energy […]
January 27, 2025

Regulator approves EDC’s P637 million transmission facility

By Brix Lelis – January 26, 2025 | 12:00am from The Philippine Star The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has given EDC unit BacMan Geothermal Inc. (BGI) the green light to develop and own dedicated point-to-point limited transmission facilities for its […]
January 25, 2025

PSALM to rebid three properties worth over P470m

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 24, 2025, 7:50 pm from manilastandard.net State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) set the second round of bidding for the sale of three lots in Sto. Tomas City, Batangas and […]
January 25, 2025

Petron seeks ERC approval to connect refinery power plant to NGCP

By Gabriell Christel Galang – Jan 24, 2025 03:38 PM from Manila Bulletin Petron Corporation has filed an application with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to connect its refinery power plant to a National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) […]
January 25, 2025

New power line links Sorsogon to energy grid

By Maria Bernadette Romero – 24 Jan 2025, 00:20 from Daily Tribune The Tanawon project involves the construction of a 20-megawatt geothermal power plant inside the Tanawon site at Barangay Bulabog and Barangay Capuy in Sorsogon City. Flash Geothermal plants […]
January 24, 2025

NGCP is Filipino, run by Filipinos—Henry Sy Jr.

By Manila Bulletin – Jan 24, 2025 07:45 AM A National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) top official maintained that the company is a Filipino corporation and run by Filipinos, allaying concerns about China role in the operation of […]
January 24, 2025

ERC OKs EDC’s connection facility for Tanawon Geothermal in Bicol

By Sheldeen Joy Talavera – January 24, 2025 | 12:06 am from Business world THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has allowed a subsidiary of Energy Development Corp. (EDC) to build a connection facility to link its up to 22-megawatt (MW) […]