Power News

November 26, 2020

Meralco power supply deal piques interest of 18 firms

By Lenie Lectura – November 25, 2020 from Business Mirror Power lines run beside a sign for the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) Makati branch in Manila, the Philippines, on Monday, March 23, 2009. Manila Electric Co. is the largest Philippine […]
November 26, 2020

IEMOP set to reduce open access threshold

By Alena Mae S. Flores – November 25, 2020 at 07:40 pm from manilastandard.net The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines said Wednesday it started preparations for the lowering of threshold of retail competition and open access next year. […]
November 26, 2020

ERC approves 37,817 operating licenses for power facilities

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 25, 2020, 1:30 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved and issued 37,817 certificates of compliance (COCs), or the licenses that the qualified industry players would need so they can […]
November 26, 2020

POWER RATES DOWN IN NOVEMBER 2020

By Manila Bulletin – November 26, 2020, 8:00 AM Improved supply situation causes decrease in Generation Charge The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) announced on November 9 a downward adjustment of power rates, as the overall rate for a typical household […]
November 25, 2020

PHL preparing for low-carbon scenario—Cusi to Asean peers

By Lenie Lectura – November 25, 2020 from Business Mirror In file photo is the 150-MW Burgos Wind Project in Burgos, Ilocos Norte of EDC Burgos Wind Power Corporation (EBWPC) THE Philippines is preparing for a low-carbon scenario in which […]
November 25, 2020

Cotabato power firm to finish substation upgrade by end-2020

By Lenie Lectura – November 24, from Business Mirror Cotabato Light and Power Company, the distribution unit of Aboitiz Power Corp., is expected to finish the ongoing major upgrade of its Malagapas substation by the end of the year. The […]
November 25, 2020

Solar PHL names new chief executive

By Lenie Lectura – November 24, 2020 from Business Mirror Solar Philippines announced Tuesday the appointment of its new chief executive officer (CEO) and its plans to pursue a maiden offering. Marty Crotty, a familiar name in the power industry […]
November 24, 2020

ERC issues 113 COCs to power firms in Q3

By Lenie Lectura – November 23, 2020 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has cleared 113 applications for Certificates of Compliance (COCs) in the third quarter of the year, bringing to 37,817 COCs the total number of issued […]
November 24, 2020

Meralco unit to offer solar solutions

By Lenie Lectura – November 23, 2020 from Business Mirror Enphase Energy, Inc., a global energy management technology company and supplier of microinverter-based solar-plus-storage systems, has partnered with the renewable energy firm of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). Under the […]
November 24, 2020

Malampaya achieves 8 million safe man hours

By Roderick Abad – November 23, 2020 from Business Mirror Malampaya Deep Water Gas to Power facility in Palawan SHELL Philippines reported that it has accomplished its “no casualty” target for its Malampaya Deep Water Gas-to-Power Project while operating its […]