Power News

June 19, 2018

EWC’s LNG plant in Quezon operational by year-end

By Lenie Lectura – June 18, 2018 from Business Mirror THE first unit of Energy World Corp.’s (EWC) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pagbilao, Quezon, would be ready by the end of this year. “Hopefully, if all goes well, we […]
June 18, 2018

4 ERC Commissioners slapped with another 3-mo suspension

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 17, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The four top-level officials of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) have been slapped with another round of three-month suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman for “simple […]
June 18, 2018

PNOC-EC to extract add’l gas from Malampaya field

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 17, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin State-run Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) is expected to be given a mandate to extract additional 100 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas from the […]
June 18, 2018

Ratification of int’l conventions needed in PH nuclear framework

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 16, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Ratification by the Philippine Congress of at least three international conventions on nuclear power development must come first even before the country could craft and institutionalize its […]
June 18, 2018

Aboitiz Power signs electricity deal with 10 Nueva Ecija towns

By Alena Mae S. Flores – June 17, 2018 at 07:20 pm from manilastandard.net Aboitiz Power Corp. signed an agreement with 10 municipalities of Nueva Ecija province to supply 33 megawatts of capacity, accounting for 80 percent of the peak […]
June 16, 2018

DOE enforces last-minute changes in WESM-IMO board selection

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 15, 2018, 11:17 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is seen abandoning earlier plans on the planned shift of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to a truly independent market operator […]
June 16, 2018

Qualified bidders given upper hand on Malaya plant’s sale option

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 15, 2018, 11:16 PM from Manila Bulletin The government is now willing to put into the “qualified bidders’ hand” the fate of the 650-megawatt Malaya thermal plant’s divestment – primarily on the option to […]
June 16, 2018

ERC allows ‘multiple billing option’ for power retail customers

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 15, 2018, 11:11 PM from Manila Bulletin If contestable customers or those end-users exercising “power of choice” in the retail market would wish so, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is extending them regulatory permission […]
June 15, 2018

Solenergy installs rooftop solar PV system for JTI’s plant in Batangas

By Lenie Lectura – June 14, 2018 from Business Mirror SOLENERGY Systems Inc. has installed a rooftop solar PV system running at 4.77 megawatts peak-energy generation for Japan Tobacco International’s (JTI) new manufacturing plant in Batangas. The solar-power system is […]
June 14, 2018

FICELCO did not study SUWECO amendment

Catanduanes Tribune – February 20, 2018 catanduanestribune.com The board of directors and management of the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) have been asked to explain why they should not be held accountable for immediately signing a key amendment to […]