Power News

April 1, 2019

DoE soliciting comment on grid-services procurement rules

By Victor V. Saulon – April 1, 2019 | 12:16 am from Business World FREEPIK THE Department of Energy (DoE) is asking industry stakeholders to comment on a draft circular that will regulate the provision of ancillary services in the […]
April 1, 2019

PSALM to collect P12.5b from power consumers

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 31, 2019 at 07:40 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission allowed Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. to recover P12.477 billion from consumers to pay for the stranded debt of state-run […]
March 31, 2019

With streamlined projects, power rates can be cut by P0.35/kwh

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 30, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin By exceptionally cutting down the permitting processes of power projects, Filipino ratepayers are seen trimming their electric bills by roughly P0.35 per kilowatt hour. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian […]
March 30, 2019

PSALM extends contest deadline

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 29, 2019 at 08:00 pm from manilastandard.net State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. has moved the new deadline for the submission of expressions of interest and first stage requirements of the […]
March 30, 2019

Green power oversupply in Negros seen

BY CARLA P. GOMEZ March 29, 2019 Negros Occidental is expected to have an oversupply of green energy this year making it unnecessary to build a coal-fired power plant in the province, Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. said yesterday. The governor, […]
March 30, 2019

More wins CA ruling against Peco

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 29, 2019 at 08:50 pm from manilastandard.net The Court of Appeals stopped the temporary restraining order issued by the Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court in favor of Panay Electric Co., which prevented More Electric […]
March 29, 2019

AC Energy coal-fired plant named ‘energy project of national significance’

By Lenie Lectura – March 29, 2019 from Business Mirror THE coal plant of AC Energy Inc. in Mindanao has been included in the list of Energy Projects of National Significance (EPNS). As of March 25, the EPNS list of […]
March 28, 2019

Vivant expands Palawan power projects

Danessa Rivera – March 28, 2019 – 12:00am from The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — Cebu-based Vivant Corp. and its partner are committed to expand their power projects in Palawan to resolve the power supply problems and serve the growing […]
March 28, 2019

ERC urged to further cut FiT-All

By Jordeene B. Lagare – March 28, 2019 from The Manila Times A consumer group claimed the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) could have further lowered the feed-in tariff allowance (FiT-All) used to subsidize renewable energy developers to save power consumers […]
March 27, 2019

PXP Energy net loss widens to P96.4 M

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 26, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The consolidated net loss of PXP Energy Corporation has widened to P96.4 million last year versus a leaner P57.1 million in 2017, the company has noted in […]