Power News

September 8, 2020

DOE to integrate ‘stranded’ solar, biomass plants in RE auction

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 8, 2020, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/NREBPh/  The composite team formed by the Department of Energy (DOE) has recommended the integration of up to 480 megawatts of ‘stranded’ solar and biomass […]
September 8, 2020

ERC warns DUs on blocking “customer switching” to market

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 7, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is warning private distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) of prospective sanctions or penalties if they will block customers on their […]
September 7, 2020

Meralco set to hold auction for additional power supply

By Lenie Lectura – September 7, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) assured the Department of Energy (DOE) that it will start within the month the competitive selection process (CSP) for the auction of 1,800megawatts (MW) of […]
September 7, 2020

DoE hopes to kick off RE auction by mid-2021

By Jordeene B. Lagare – September 7, 2020 from The Manila Times THE Department of Energy (DoE) is targeting to commence the country’s first renewable energy auction by the middle of 2021. In particular, the agency is looking at auctioning […]
September 7, 2020

Many power distributors unfamiliar with net metering

By Jordeene B. Lagare – September 7, 2020 from The Manila Times THE implementation of net metering program, a scheme wherein an electricity end-user who owns a renewable energy (RE) facility to sell excess electricity to the distribution utility (DU), […]
September 5, 2020

PSALM reschedules Malaya plant bidding

By Alena Mae S. Flores – September 02, 2020 at 09:30 pm from manilastandard.net State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. said it postponed again the bid submission deadline for the privatization of the 650-megawatt Malaya thermal power plant […]
September 4, 2020

Aboitiz firm assessing financial impact of damaged Bukidnon hydro plant

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 4, 2020, 5:00 AM from Business Mirror Hedcor Bukidnon Inc. (HBI), a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation, is assessing the financial impact that the damage on its 68.8-megawatt Manolo Fortich hydropower plant in Bukidnon […]
September 4, 2020

‘NGCP deferred rate adjustment’

By Lenie Lectura – September 3, 2020 from Business Mirror The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said it has decided to defer the implementation of the approved 2020 interim maximum allowable revenue (iMAR) even before the Energy Regulatory […]
September 4, 2020

27 power projects cleared for grid impact study–DOE

By Lenie Lectura – September 3, 2020 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) has cleared 27 power projects for the conduct of a grid impact study (GIS). These projects, if pursued, could generate 9,681.366 megawatts (MW) of additional […]
September 3, 2020

DOE plans 5,501 MW power capacity addition

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 3, 2020, 5:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is eyeing 5,501 megawatts of power capacity that will be added into the country’s electricity supply in the next five years, according […]