Power News

February 27, 2020

Energy looking into lawmaker’s call to invalidate IEMOP contract

By Alena Mae S. Flores – February 25, 2020 at 09:00 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department assured it will look into the call of a lawmaker to invalidate the contract between Philippine Electricity Market Corp. and Independent Electricity Market […]
February 27, 2020

Vivant denies having unpaid dues to PSALM

By Alena Mae S. Flores – February 25, 2020 at 08:50 pm from manilastandard.net Listed Vivant Corp. said Tuesday it has no delinquent account with the government and is no longer related to Vivant-Sta. Clara Northern Renewables Generation Corp., or […]
February 26, 2020

PCC clears Udenna unit’s bid for Chevron Malampaya stake

By Lenie Lectura -February 26, 2020 from Business Mirror UC Malampaya Philippines Pte. Ltd., a unit of Udenna Corp. (UC) led by Davao businessman Dennis Uy, has secured approval of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) to acquire the 45-percent stake […]
February 26, 2020

Cusi awaits PEMC comments before deciding Iemop’s fate

By Lenie Lectura -February 26, 2020 from Business Mirror ENERGY Secretary Alfonso Cusi is close to making a decision on the issue involving the allegedly illegal creation of Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (Iemop). He said last week that […]
February 26, 2020

ERC provisionally clears Meralco power deals that had CSP in ’19

By Lenie Lectura -February 26, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has provisionally approved the Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) power supply agreements (PSAs) that underwent competitive bidding last year. “The ERC granted provisional authority to implement the […]
February 25, 2020

San Miguel: Let courts rule on PSALM case vs SPPC

By Lenie Lectura -February 25, 2020 from Business Mirror San Miguel Corp. (SMC) criticized the government for releasing willy-nilly disputed figures to gain public approval in an ongoing case concerning the Ilijan power plant. The conglomerate has urged the Department […]
February 25, 2020

EDC inks MOA with host communities

By Lenie Lectura -February 25, 2020 from Business Mirror ENERGY Development Corporation (EDC) has committed to set aside one centavo per kilowatt-hour (P0.01/kWh) of its total electricity sales to its host communities. A memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed recently […]
February 24, 2020

Psalm sees P1.7-B borrowing costs yearly on bad accounts

By Butch Fernandez -February 24, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (Psalm) warned it will incur an annual borrowing cost of about P1.7 billion a year should the P33.62 billion in delinquent accounts remain […]
February 24, 2020

DOE scrambles to ease summer power supply

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – February 22, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) assured consumers of “enough power supply,” but it stopped short of admitting that the country’s electricity system is actually on “life support” […]
February 24, 2020

Return spot market operation to PEMC if WESM-Iemop deal is voided–solon

By Lenie Lectura -February 24, 2020 from Business Mirror THE operation of the electricity spot market should be returned to the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC), at least for now, if the contract with Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines […]