Power News

August 23, 2018

Aboitiz Power to finish Cebu plant this year

By Alena Mae S. Flores – August 22, 2018 at 07:25 pm from manilastandard.net Aboitiz Power Corp. is on track to complete a 300-megawatt coal power plant in Barangay Bato, Toledo City, Cebu late this year through unit Therma Visayas […]
August 23, 2018

Construction of SBPL coal plant is 90% complete

By Lenie Lectura – August 22, 2018 from Business Mirror THE construction of the country’s first coal-fired power plant to use supercritical technology is 90-percent complete. “SBPL (San Buenaventura Power Ltd.) is on its 31st month of EPC (engineering, procurement […]
August 22, 2018

PSALM’s bidding fails for Manila thermal asset

By Myrna M. Velasco – August 21, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin   The privatization salvo of Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation this year for the land straddled by the Manila thermal power plant ended in a […]
August 22, 2018

Rooftop solar projects seen to reduce cost of electricity

By Alena Mae S. Flores – August 21, 2018 at 08:05 pm from manilastandard.net Rooftop solar projects have the potential to reduce electricity cost in the Philippines to P2.50 per kilowatt-hour, according to a report published by the Institute for […]
August 21, 2018

Kalinga geothermal field receives priority

By Alena Mae S. Flores – August 20, 2018 at 06:35 pm from manilastandard.net The Department of Energy declared the Kalinga geothermal prospect of Aragorn Power and Energy Corp. as an energy project of national significance. Parent APC Group Inc. […]
August 20, 2018

Review of DUs’ power contracts pushed after over-contracting raps

By Myrna M. Velasco – August 18, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Agnes T. Devanadera The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued stern warning against distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives deemed to have been committing offenses of alleged […]
August 20, 2018

DOE Undersecretary Ilagan quits post

By Myrna M. Velasco – August 18, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Department of Energy (DOE) logo (MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Petronilo “Pete” L. Ilagan has resigned from his post at the agency effective August 15 […]
August 18, 2018

PHINMA Energy logs P76-M loss in first half

By Myrna M. Velasco – August 17, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Due to the combined pull of lower energy prices as well as escalating costs due to the government’s tax reform program, listed firm PHINMA Energy Corporation had […]
August 17, 2018

Power projects get nod for grid study

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – August 17, 2018 from The Manila Times THE Department of Energy (DoE) has cleared four renewable energy (RE) projects and one gas-fired project for a grid impact study (GIS) aimed at determining if the electricity […]
August 17, 2018

Meralco to energize Isla Verde by end-Sept

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – August 17, 2018 from The Manila Times MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) is targeting to supply electricity to Isla Verde by the end of September. “We are targeting end of September,” Meralco Senior Vice President Alfredo […]