Power News

January 24, 2019

DoE asks Tanglawan to bankroll LNG project in 6 months

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 23, 2019 at 07:40 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department on Wednesday asked Tanglawan Philippine LNG Inc. to comply with the conditions of the notice to proceed with its $2-billion liquefied natural gas […]
January 24, 2019

Palawan hybrid-power facility set to start commercial operation in Q2

By Lenie Lectura – January 24, 2019 from Business Mirror THE planned hybrid-power facility in Palawan, which combines a 1.4-megawatt peak solar photovoltaic (PV) plant with a 2.3-megawatt-per-hour battery storage system and 1.2-MW diesel generators will be ready for commercial […]
January 23, 2019

Electric cooperatives’ sales up 4% in 2018

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 22, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The sales of the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) had been higher by approximately 4.0 percent last year, according to the National Electrification Administration (NEA), the government-run agency […]
January 23, 2019

PSALM settles P78.66-B obligation by end of 2018

By Lenie Lectura – January 23, 2019 from Business Mirror THE Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) trimmed its financial liabilities by P78 billion last year. In 2018, the state firm settled a total of P78.66 billion for […]
January 23, 2019

ERC to resolve 640 PSA applications by mid-2020

By Lenie Lectura – January 23, 2019 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is doubling efforts to resolve over 600 pending applications for power supply agreements (PSA). ERC Chairman Agnes Devanadera said the agency is targeting to resolve over […]
January 23, 2019

Soosan bags Malaya power plant contract

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 22, 2019 at 07:10 pm from manilastandard.net State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. awarded the service contract for the one-year operation and maintenance of the 650-megawatt Malaya Thermal Power Plant to […]
January 22, 2019

PSALM asks bidders to join pre-deal conference in sale of MTPP Land

By Lenie Lectura – January 22, 2019 from Business Mirror THE Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) urged interested parties to participate in the pre-negotiation conference for the negotiated sale of the Manila Thermal Power Plant (MTPP) Land. […]
January 22, 2019

Malampaya Fund bills due before energy panel

By Charmaine A. Tadalan – January 20, 2019 | 11:14 pm from Business World THE House Committee on Energy will continue on Tuesday deliberations on the draft Substitute Bill proposing to use the Malampaya fund to pay for the National […]
January 22, 2019

RP Energy may convert coal plant to LNG facility

By Lenie Lectura – January 21, 2019 from Business Mirror THE planned 2 x 300 megawatt(MW) circulating-fluidized bed (CFB) coal-fired power plant of Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. (RP Energy) in Subic, Zambales, may be converted to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) […]
January 21, 2019

DOE sets conditions on planned WESM-Mindanao establishment

By Myrna M.Velasco – January 20, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) has laid down at least six conditions for it to firm up its go-signal on the establishment of the propounded Wholesale Electricity Spot […]