Power News

June 5, 2018

10 lawyers lining up for ERC Commissioners posts

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 4, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila bulletin Two high-level posts will be on vacancy by July at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), and this early, 10 lawyers are on the queue to fill in, […]
June 5, 2018

Group appeals ERC ruling on FIT-All rate

By Othel V. Campos – June 04, 2018 at 06:40 pm from manilastandard.net Laban Konsyumer Inc. appealed Monday the decision of the Energy Regulatory Commission to increase the in feed-in-tariff allowance granted to renewable energy producers. The consumer group said […]
June 5, 2018

TeaM Energy ready to expand beyond Luzon

By Lenie Lectura – June 4, 2018 from Business Mirror TEAM Energy Corp., a partnership between Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Marubeni Corp., is open to expanding its power portfolio outside of Luzon. “We will be open to the Visayas […]
June 4, 2018

PXP Energy eyes acquisition of seismic vessel

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – June 2, 2018 from The Manila Times PXP Energy plans to accelerate exploration activities in all its service contracts and is considering the acquisition of a seismic vessel to achieve this goal, a top company […]
June 4, 2018

Meralco expects to start Ghana operation in 2019

By Alena Mae S. Flores – June 03, 2018 at 07:59 pm from manilastandard.net Power retailer Manila Electric Co. said it expects to take over the electricity distribution business of the Electricity Company of Ghana in West Africa next year. […]
June 4, 2018

ERC may not approve 3 of Meralco’s pending PSAs

By Lenie Lectura – June 3, 2018 from Business Mirror THREE power-supply agreements (PSAs) of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) may not be approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) if the necessary environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) are not procured […]
June 2, 2018

Luzon grid plagued with ‘yellow alert’ four times this week

By Myrna Velasco – June 1, 2018, 5:26 PM from Manila Bulletin Luzon grid has been plagued with series of ‘yellow alert conditions this week – a near-brownout scenario that clearly manifests lack of reserves that a prudent and reliable […]
June 2, 2018

San Miguel offers lowest power rate to Visayas co-op

By Alena Mae S. Flores – June 01, 2018 at 07:40 pm from manilastandard.net Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. is offering the lowest power rate to Visayas electric cooperatives at P2.95 per kilowatt-hour from its portfolio of power projects, the cheapest […]
June 1, 2018

US$976-M plant adds 420 MW to Luzon grid

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 31, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Pagbilao, Quezon – Luzon grid gained another 420-megawatt (MW) capacity of supply shoring up with the commercial commissioning of the US$976-million Pagbilao-3 coal-fired power project of the […]
June 1, 2018

Pagbilao Energy to supply Luzon 420MW more

By Lenie Lectura – May 31, 2018 from Business Mirror LUZON is assured of an additional 420 megawatts (MW) with the newly completed Pagbilao Unit 3 power plant of Pagbilao Energy Corp. (PEC). “The completion of this project establishes a […]