Power News

March 23, 2018

ERC modifies standards for operations of distribution utilities

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 22, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With heavy integration of variable renewable energy (VRE) or the power facilities with on-and-off electricity generation, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) noted that it has been prompted […]
March 23, 2018

Think tank hits Meralco over coal

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 22, 2018 at 06:40 pm from manilastandard.net The Center for Energy, Ecology and Development on Thursday criticized power retailer Manila Electric Co. for pushing power supply agreements with coal-fired power plant developers by […]
March 22, 2018

DoE eyes vessels for oil exploration

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – March 22, 2018 from The Manila Times The Department of Energy (DoE) is thinking of using funds from the Malampaya gas facility to buy research vessels to explore possible oil resources in Philippine waters, an […]
March 22, 2018

Pagbilao lifts order vs coal plant

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 21, 2018 at 09:35 pm from manilastandard.net The municipality of Pagbilao lifted the cease-and-desist order it earlier issued against Pagbilao Energy Corp.’s 420-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Quezon province. “The revocation of the […]
March 21, 2018

Redondo, Doosan to renegotiate deal

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 20, 2018 at 07:05 pm from manilastandard.net Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. is negotiating with contractor Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd. to revise a contract to build the 300-megawatt Subic coal-fired power […]
March 21, 2018

ERC sets new capacity ownership limits on GenCos

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 20, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin To prevent undue market dominance and abuses in the restructured electricity sector, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has enforced new capacity ownership limitation on power generation companies […]
March 21, 2018

Energy approves MRC unit’s 100-MW solar project

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 20, 2018 at 07:35 from manilastandard.net The Energy Department granted SunRay Power Inc., an affiliate of listed MRC Allied Inc., a solar service contract to develop the 100-megawatt Clark Solar Project in Capas […]
March 20, 2018

SCPC’s power unit posts load capacity of 250MW

By Lenie Lectura – March 19, 2018 from Business Mirror SEM-Calaca Power Corp. (SCPC), a subsidiary of Semirara Mining and Power Corp., said one of its power units registered a load capacity of 250 megawatts (MW) following its synchronization to […]
March 19, 2018

TRAIN 2 to scrap P11.2-billion energy sector’s tax incentives

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 18, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Roughly P11.2 billion worth of tax and import duty incentives for investments in the energy sector will be scrapped under the propounded package 2 of the Tax […]
March 19, 2018

Solar PH completes biggest solar battery

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 18, 2018 at 07:59 pm from manilastandard.net Solar Philippines recently completed the largest solar battery micro-grid in Southeast Asia with a capacity of two megawatts in Paluan, Occidental Mindoro province. The power facility […]