Power News

January 15, 2020

Batangas plants still operational

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 14, 2020 at 07:25 pm from manilastandard.net First Gen Corp. said Tuesday its three gas-fired power plants in Batangas City, including the 1000-megawatt Santa Rita, 500-MW San Lorenzo, and 97-MW Avion remain operational […]
January 15, 2020

DOE: Legal row between Peco, MORE won’t disrupt Iloilo power

By Lenie Lectura -January 15, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) has served notice that it will not allow the legal tussle between Panay Electric Co. (Peco) and More Electric Power Corp. (MORE) to disrupt the supply […]
January 14, 2020

SC rejects Peco bid to move outside Iloilo expropriation case filed by MORE

By Lenie Lectura -January 14, 2020 from Business Mirror The façade of the Supreme Court Building on Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila. THE Supreme Court has rejected Panay Electric Co.’s (Peco) petition to transfer the expropriation case filed by More […]
January 14, 2020

Power outages hit South Luzon areas on Taal Volcano eruption

By Lenie Lectura -January 13, 2020 from Business Mirror (AP file photo) POWER outages occurred in the vicinity of Taal Volcano, which continued to spew ash following its eruption Sunday afternoon. As of Monday morning, the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) […]
January 14, 2020

New president named for WESM operating entity

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 13, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The operating entity of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has a new president in lawyer Richard Nethercott — already the third one to serve at the […]
January 13, 2020

Third-party investors sought for unenergized service areas of DUs

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – January 11, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The government, through a policy direction set out by the Department of Energy (DOE), is inviting third- party investors that shall energize the areas unserved or underserved […]
January 13, 2020

Gov’t again denies PXP’s Malampaya takeover bid

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 12, 2020 at 08:10 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department denied the appeal filed by PXP Energy Corp., an exploration company controlled by the camp of businessman Manuel Pangilinan, to take over the […]
January 13, 2020

Gatchalian warns against brownouts

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 12, 2020 at 07:25 pm from manilastandard.net Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday expressed concern of the possibility of brownouts during the dry months amid the anticipated increase in demand. “We know that as […]
January 11, 2020

NEA reinforcing line workers in typhoon-hit Western Visayas

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – January 10, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin As electricity service restoration hasn’t been met as targeted, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) announced that it would be deploying line workers in Western Visayas areas served […]
January 11, 2020

ERC sets strategic plan to address case backlogs

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 10, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin As backlogs on regulatory cases and rule-making processes had been holding up investment flows in the power sector, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) indicated that it will […]