Power News

January 30, 2020

Meralco’s RE arm Spectrum to add 20 MW to portfolio in 2020

By Lenie Lectura -January 29, 2020 from Business Mirror THE renewable-energy (RE) subsidiary of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), Spectrum, is eyeing to add 20 megawatts (MW) to its portfolio this year, on the back of a strong demand for electricity. […]
January 30, 2020

Group mulls over 200 MW of biomass power expansion projects

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 29, 2020 at 08:35 pm from manilastandard.net The BioPower Group, spearheaded by Negros Island Biomass Holdings Inc. and funded by global investment firm ThomasLloyd, is planning a 200-megawatt biomass expansion project. Don Mario […]
January 29, 2020

LGU role in solid waste a hurdle in waste-to-energy projects

By Victor V. Saulon – January 28, 2020 | 10:00 pm from Business World Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian — PHILSTAR A BILL outlining the regulatory regime for waste-to-energy facilities is encountering various hurdles because local governments, which are now responsible […]
January 29, 2020

AboitizPower to sell P9.55-B retail bonds in Q2

By Jordeene B. Lagare – January 28, 2020 from The Manila Times LISTED AboitizPower Corp. on Tuesday unveiled its plans to sell up to P9.55 billion worth of fixed-rate bonds in the second quarter. In a disclosure, the power arm […]
January 29, 2020

ERC okays lower FiT-All rate for power consumers

By Lenie Lectura -January 29, 2020 from Business Mirror Consumers will soon pay a lower feed-in-tariff rate of P0.0495 per kilowatt hour, lower by P0.1731 per kWh from the current FiT-All rate of P0.2226 per kWh, the Energy Regulatory Commission […]
January 29, 2020

PXP Energy starts drilling Marina well in offshore Peru

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 28, 2020 at 08:20 pm from manilastandard.net Listed PXP Energy Corp. said Tuesday the consortium holding the Marina-1 exploration well in Block Z-38 Tumbes Basin, Peru has started drilling activities in the area. […]
January 28, 2020

2 typhoons wreak ₱1.48-B damage to electric coops

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 27, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Electric cooperatives (ECs) in the Bicol region and many parts of Visayas are still reeling hard from the plague of two typhoons last month, with the total […]
January 28, 2020

Consumers given ‘choice’ as ERC resumes RES licensing

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 27, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin More Filipino consumers can already exercise their “power of choice” under the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) policy, as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has resumed […]
January 28, 2020

City of Dreams switches on solar rooftop panels to supply 20% of its need

By Lenie Lectura -January 28, 2020 from Business Mirror City of Dreams (CoD) Manila, the country’s first integrated resort to harness solar energy, on Monday switched on its 1.2-megawatt (MW) solar rooftop panels installed by a subsidiary of the Manila […]
January 27, 2020

First Gen to develop pumped storage hydroelectric facility in Pantabangan

By Lenie Lectura -January 27, 2020 from Business Mirror FIRST Gen Corp. (First Gen) has secured a hydro service contract from the Department of Energy (DOE)  to develop a 120-megawatt (MW) pumped storage hydroelectric facility in Aya, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. […]