Power News

October 16, 2018

PSALM no longer lining up privatization; up to DOF

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 15, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) has indicated that it is no longer lining up the privatization of the Agus and Pulangui hydropower assets, […]
October 16, 2018

Ayala group seals 2nd solar project in Vietnam

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 15, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The energy investment arm of the Ayala group has cemented its second partnership for two new greenfield solar farm projects in Vietnam for a total installation of […]
October 16, 2018

Energy World set to complete LNG hub

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 14, 2018 at 07:15 pm from manilastandard.net Energy World Corp. plans to complete in 2019 a liquefied natural gas hub in Pagbilao, Quezon province that will supply LNG to its 400-megawatt natural gas […]
October 16, 2018

16 foreign firms want to partner with local electric co-ops to form clean-energy mini grids

By Lenie Lectura – October 16, 2018 from Business Mirror SIXTEEN foreign firms have expressed interest to partner with electric cooperatives to put up clean-energy mini grids. According to the post-event survey conducted by the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) that co-organized […]
October 16, 2018

Meralco posts 5% electricity sales in first 9 months

By Lenie Lectura – October 16, 2018 from Manila Bulletin THE Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) recorded a 5-percent increase in electricity sales from January to September this year as against the same period a year ago. Meralco Senior Vice President […]
October 15, 2018

AC Energy bares two solar power plants in Vietnam

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 14, 2018 at 07:20 pm from manilastandard.net AC Energy Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ayala Corp. in partnership with AMI Renewables Energy Joint Stock Co., has signed the engineering, procurement and […]
October 15, 2018

DoE reviews several major energy projects

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 14, 2018 at 07:05 pm from manilastandard.net The Department of Energy is evaluating several large-scale power projects that could receiver a certificate of energy project of national significance under Executive Order 30 that […]
October 15, 2018

NGCP advancing facility upgrade for upcoming power plants in Quezon

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 13, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With several power plants currently under varying degrees of development in Quezon province, system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is lining up its 500-kilovolt […]
October 14, 2018

Non-performing energy contracts face DOE ax

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 13, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Centralized Review and Evaluation Committee (C-REC) of the Department of Energy (DOE) is instituting policy on automatic termination of energy contracts rendered to have been “failing” […]
October 14, 2018

ERC prescribes ‘lock-down period’ on all power supply contracts

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 13, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin It will no longer be easy for flipping-generation companies to unload capacities that they have tied to power supply agreements (PSAs) because the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) […]