Power News

April 29, 2019

Solar PHL to boost capacity of Luzon grid with 150-MW solar plant in Tarlac

By Lenie Lectura – April 29, 2019 from Business Mirror SOLAR Philippines’s Power Project Holdings Inc. will boost the capacity of the Luzon grid through its 150-megawatt (MW) solar facility in Tarlac that recently began operations. Company President Leandro Leviste said […]
April 29, 2019

AC Energy, partner looking at wind-power project in Vietnam

By Lenie Lectura – April 29, 2019 from Business Mirror NINH THUAN Province, Vietnam—AC Energy Inc., the power-generation arm of conglomerate Ayala Corp., and the BIM Group of Vietnam are expected to collaborate again for a wind-power project here, following […]
April 29, 2019

WMPC to supply power to Zamcelco for 60 days

By Lenie Lectura – April 29, 2019 from Business Mirror WESTERN Mindanao Power Corp. (WMPC) and Crown Investments Holdings Inc., the investor-manager of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco), agreed over the weekend that the former would resume the supply […]
April 29, 2019

Subic power plant faces further delay

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 28, 2019 at 07:10 pm from manilastandard.net Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. may put on hold the development of a 660-megawatt coal-fired power until 2020 due to construction issues, an official said over the […]
April 27, 2019

Senate to probe power outages; no brownouts seen during polls

By Charmaine A. Tadalan – April 24, 2019 | 10:13 pm from Business World PHILSTAR THE SENATE energy committee on Thursday will hold a hearing to look into the unscheduled power plant shutdowns that may result in rotating power outages […]
April 27, 2019

DoE terminates geothermal deal of Basic Energy

By Darwin G. Amojelar – April 26, 2019 at 09:15 pm from manilastandard.net Basic Energy Corp. said the government terminated its geothermal service contract covering the East Mankayan Geothermal Project in the provinces of Benguet, Ifugao and Mountain Province. The […]
April 26, 2019

WESM operator appoints new president

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 25, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin In less than a year, the market operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) is having its second president in Engineer Jose Mari T. Bigornia, replacing […]
April 26, 2019

WESM prices spike by P1.523/kwh after brownouts

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 25, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin After recurrence of rotating brownouts this month, consumers will have to suffer in their next billing roughly P1.523 per kilowatt hour (kwh) surge in rates due to […]
April 26, 2019

Electric co-ops in CL, East Visayas fully operating after twin quakes

By Lenie Lectura – April 26, 2019 from Business Mirror ALL electric cooperatives (ECs) in Central Luzon and Eastern Visayas are now supplying power to their assigned areas after two earthquake incidents hit Luzon and the Visayas early this week. […]
April 25, 2019

SPEX wins US$1.1-B Malampaya tax case in arbitration

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 24, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With a unanimous vote of 3-0, the operator of the multi-billion Malampaya gas field project led by Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) won its landmark US$1.1 billion […]