Power News

January 21, 2019

PECO operations extended up to May

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 20, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Panay Electric Company (PECO), which services Iloilo consumers, has been allowed to extend its operations until May this year on the strength of a legally-binding certificate […]
January 21, 2019

NGCP energizes transmission channels to power plants in Leyte-Samar

By Lenie Lectura – January 21, 2019 from Business Mirror THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has successfully energized Line 2 of the Ormoc-Babatngon 138-kiloVolt  transmission facility at a cost of P697.56 million. The project gives way to a stronger […]
January 21, 2019

Redondo studies other options for Subic coal plant

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 20, 2019 at 07:45 pm from manilastandard.net Meralco PowerGen Corp. is now considering other development options for the 660-megawatt coal-fired power project of Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. in Redondo Peninsula, Subic, Zambales, including […]
January 19, 2019

Energy group confident Palace will sign efficiency measure

By Victor V. Saulon – January 17, 2019 | 9:40 pm from Business World PHLSTAR THE Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance, Inc. (PE2) said the proposed energy efficiency and conservation law, as cleared by Congress, has narrowed the “positional gaps” between […]
January 19, 2019

DoE, ERC allow Peco to keep Iloilo service

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 18, 2019 at 8:50 pm from manilastandard.net The Department of Energy and Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday jointly allowed Panay Electric Co. to continue serving the electricity requirements of Iloilo City after its […]
January 19, 2019

NGCP completes Ormoc power line

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 18, 2019 at 08:00 pm from manilastandard.net National Grid Corp. of the Philippines has completed the P697.6-million Line 2 of the Ormoc-Babatngon 138-kiloVolt (kV) transmission line, delivering its commitment to improve the transmission […]
January 18, 2019

Renewable energy will usher a renewed Philippines

By Ludwig O. Federigan – January 17, 2019 from The Manila Times For today’s column, we collaborated with a guest writer — Earl Pagatpat, MBA. Pagatpat is a consultant for Frost and Sullivan assigned under the energy and environment unit […]
January 18, 2019

Power sales up 4% in Jan-Mar 2018

By Jordeene B. Lagare – January 18, 2019 from The Manila Times ELECTRICITY sold by electric cooperatives (ECs) increased by 4 percent to 5,136 gigawatt hours (GWh) in the second quarter of 2018, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) said on […]
January 18, 2019

CNOOC-Uy gas power project targets NGCP ancillary services

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 17, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The proposed 2,000-megawatt gas fired power capacity of the joint venture of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. of Dennis Uy and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is […]
January 18, 2019

AboitizPower starts rehab work of Naga, Cebu plant

By Lenie Lectura – January 18, 2019 from Business Mirror ABOITIZ  Power Corp. (AboitizPower) has started rehabilitation works on one of the four units of the Naga Power Plant Complex (NPPC) in Cebu. “We started the rehabilitation, and with that, one […]