Power News

December 30, 2018

PH nuclear ambition now entering legislative phase

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 29, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Although it is coming at a very slow pace, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it is now cementing next the legislative pathway for the integration […]
December 29, 2018

NGCP urges passage of law vs power lines encroachment

By Victor V. Saulon – December 27, 2018 | 9:57 pm from Business World PRIVATELY-OWNED National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has renewed its call for legislators to hasten the passage of the anti-power disturbance bill as it cited […]
December 29, 2018

PNOC unit installs 1-MW solar rooftop system on PICC

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 28, 2018 at 08:35 pm from manilastandard.net PNOC Renewables Corp., a unit of state-owned Philippine National Oil Co., recently installed the one-megawatt solar rooftop project of the Philippine International Convention Center. PNOC RC […]
December 29, 2018

Tan bats for clean, renewable energy

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 28, 2018 at 08:30 pm from manilastandard.net Businessman Lucio Tan Jr. said the Lucio Tan Group will focus on developing clean and renewable energy projects in the future. Tan, the son and namesake […]
December 28, 2018

Meralco rates to go down by January next year

By Myrna Velasco – December 28, 2018, 12:08 PM from Manila Bulletin Customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) can expect a New Year relief in their electricity bills – mainly due to anticipated downtrend in the generation charge component. This […]
December 28, 2018

Dennis Uy firm accelerates P4-B payment for PXP Energy shares

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 27, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Dennison Holdings Corporation of businessman Dennis Uy has entered into an amended agreement with PXP Energy Corporation enjoining the former to accelerate its payment on its […]
December 27, 2018

DoE readies policy on energy storage

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 26, 2018 at 07:35 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department will come out with a circular on the adoption of energy storage system in the electric power industry in January, a government official […]
December 27, 2018

3 Lopez companies cited at ASR Rating 2018

By Lenie Lectura – December 26, 2018 from Business Mirror THREE Lopez companies earned big wins at the recently concluded Asia Sustainability Reporting (ASR) Rating 2018. Conglomerate First Philippine Holdings (FPH) was awarded the platinum rank, while its subsidiary, leading […]
December 26, 2018

PSALM debt payments hit P600B by mid-2018

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 25, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The scale of debt payments and settlement of financial obligations by state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) reached a whopping P599.64 billion in the […]
December 26, 2018

Ayala to keep majority stake in Kauswagan power plant

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 25, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The investment arm of the Ayala group intends to retain majority stake in its 540-megawatt Kauswagan coal-fired power project in Lanao del Norte when the time comes […]