Power News

October 5, 2020

Meralco PowerGen to join supply bidding

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 04, 2020 at 07:30 pm from manilastandard.net Meralco PowerGen Corp. expressed interest to join the competitive selection process for the supply of 1,800 megawatts of base load power to Manila Electric Co. “Yes, […]
October 5, 2020

October power rates expected to rise as demand picked up

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 04, 2020 at 07:50 pm from manilastandard.net Power rates of Manila Electric Co. will likely go up this month amid increased demand, plant outages and the Malampaya gas supply restriction, a company executive […]
October 5, 2020

RE market commercial operations deferred

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 5, 2020, 5:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The commercial operations of the country’s Renewable Energy Market (REM) for on-grid installations had been re-scheduled to June next year — factoring in a one-year delay because […]
October 3, 2020

Malampaya logs all-time high gas production

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 2, 2020, 1:26 PM from Manila Bulletin The country’s Malampaya field logged its all-time high gas production at 155.495 billion standard cubic feet (scf) last year, according to data from the Department of Energy. […]
October 3, 2020

AboitizPower remits P40M to Cebu LGUs, villages

By Jordeene B. Lagare – October 1, 2020 from The Manila Times Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) reported on Wednesday that it had remitted P40.6 million to various local government units (LGUs) and villages in Cebu province at end-September for hosting […]
October 3, 2020

Consumer group seeks refund of excess missionary power charge

By Adam J. Ang – October 2, 2020 | 5:47 pm from Business World A consumer group is seeking a refund of possible over-collections in the missionary electrification charge, citing the declining fuel costs of beneficiary power generators. The National […]
October 3, 2020

NEA resorts to online inspection of rural solar projects

By Adam J. Ang – October 1, 2020 | 6:31 pm from Business World THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) said it has had to resort to online inspections of electrification projects in remote communities as travel remains restricted due to […]
October 2, 2020

Top power firms keen on Meralco CSP

By Lenie Lectura – October 1, 2020 from Business Mirror   The biggest power producers in the industry, including San Miguel Corp. (SMC), are now evaluating the bid terms released Thursday by the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) for the 1,800megawatts […]
October 2, 2020

AC Energy names contractor for Australia project

By Lenie Lectura – October 1, 2020 from Business Mirror UPC\AC Australia, a joint venture between UPC Renewables and AC Energy, has tapped Elecnor Australia as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the first stage of the 720megawatt […]
October 2, 2020

ERC to direct Meralco, power firms to extend bill payments

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 1, 2020, 1:08 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is scheduled to issue an advisory or order that will direct power utilities, like the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), to extend for […]