Power News

November 28, 2018

NGCP gets 3 BSI certifications

By Lenie Lectura – November 28, 2018 from Business Mirror THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) received three certifications from the British Standard Institute (BSI), reflecting the grid operator’s commitment to be on a par with international quality management standards. […]
November 27, 2018

DOE crafting gas quality standards for PH

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 26, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is at the process of crafting the rules that will institutionalize the quality standards of natural gas that will be extracted and/or […]
November 27, 2018

NGCP holds Luzon, VisMin summits to improve PHL transmission grid

By Lenie Lectura – November 27, 2018 from Business Mirror THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has convened energy stakeholders to map out next year’s plans to further improve the country’s transmission grid. With the theme “Strength in […]
November 26, 2018

Retail competition in power pushed

By Alena Mae S. Flores – November 25, 2018 at 07:00 pm from manilastandard.net The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines is urging authorities to end the regulatory uncertainty over the electricity market by moving full steam ahead with […]
November 26, 2018

Meralco sees demand for power up 5% this year

By Lenie Lectura – November 26, 2018 from Business Mirror MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) is expecting electricity demand this year to grow by 4.5 to 5 percent from 2017. “We’ll probably end this year at about 4.5 percent to 5 […]
November 26, 2018

Peco refutes Razon claim of inefficiency

By Lenie Lectura – November 26, 2018 from Business Mirror CACHO-LED Panay Electric Co. (Peco) accused businessman Enrique Razon of feeding the public with wrong information to justify the latter’s railroading in Congress that could lead to the illegal takeover of the […]
November 24, 2018

2nd Dennis Uy-Chinese firm partnership may get government okay approval soon

By Lenie Lectura – November 23, 2018 from Business Mirror A SECOND Dennis Uy-Chinese firm partnership may soon win its second big-ticket contract. Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Donato Marcos said on Thursday after the launch of the Philippine Conventional Energy Contracting Program […]
November 23, 2018

Gov’t pushes to use Malampaya fund to cut power rates

BY MEANNE ROSALES – on November 22, 2018 at 5:12 pm from Power Philippines SENATOR SHERWIN GATCHALIAN PUSHED FOR THE EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF A LAW THAT WILL ALLOW THE USAGE OF THE P 207 BILLION MALAMPAYA FUND TO PAY FOR […]
November 23, 2018

NPC launches diesel power plant in Sulu

BY MEANNE ROSALES on November 21, 2018 at 1:13 pm from Power Philippines THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION (NPC) OPENED THE PANDAMI DIESEL POWER PLANT IN SULU IN PURSUIT OF ITS GOAL TO ACHIEVING ELECTRIFICATION IN OFF-GRID ISLANDS. Pandami Mayor Intan […]
November 23, 2018

Razon slams Panay Electric for alleged poor services

By Alena Mae S. Flores – November 22, 2018 at 07:45 pm from manilastandard.net Businessman  Enrique Razon Jr. on Thursday slammed Panay Electric Co. of the Cacho family for alleged inefficiencies that paved the way for his company, More Electric […]