Power News

December 28, 2017

Metro Pacific keen on investing in LNG facility

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 27, 2017 at 08:08 pm from manilastandard.net Metro Pacific Investments Corp. is looking at possible investments in the country’s liquefied natural gas industry, a group official said. “It’s MPIC,” Meralco PowerGen president and chief executive officer […]
December 27, 2017

SMC puts other coal power plants on hold

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 25, 2017 at 08:39 pm from manilastandard.net San Miguel Corp. has put on hold developing greenfield power plants after its recent acquisition of the Masinloc coal-fired power plants in Zambales province. “It’s on hold but […]
December 27, 2017

ERC asked to probe ‘midnight dispatch’ of solar plants

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 26, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The solar plants logging capacity dispatch at “witching hours” or when the sun is apparently not up at midnight, is a serious matter that the Energy Regulatory Commission […]
December 26, 2017

Meralco rates down in January

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 25, 2017 at 08:35 pm from manilastandard.net Power rates of Manila Electric Co. will likely go down in January due to lower demand amid cooler temperatures and the reconciliation of the outage allowance of the generators. […]
December 25, 2017

Inoperative ERC damaging to the energy sector—PIPPA

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 24, 2017 at 06:45 pm from manilastandard.net The Philippine Independent Power Producers Association Inc., the country’s association of power generators, warned that the absence of a functioning Energy Regulatory Commission will be devastating to […]
December 23, 2017

SMC to borrow $1.3 B for Masinloc plant purchase

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 22, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) will be tapping the capital markets again next year for roughly $1.3 billion worth of fresh borrowings to finance its 630-megawatt Masinloc […]
December 22, 2017

Rules on renewables costly

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 21, 2017 at 07:20 pm from manilastandard.net Power retailer Manila Electric Co. warned that consumers would shoulder more than P100 billion annually by 2030 under the government’s mandate of a 35-percent renewable energy share in the […]
December 22, 2017

San Miguel offers Ilijan plant if Malampaya gas dries up

By Lenie Lectura – December 21, 2017 from Business Mirror   SOUTH Premiere Power Corp. (SPPC) may operate the 1,200-megawatt (MW) Ilijan combined-cycle power plant as a peaking facility when gas from Malampaya runs out. This was expressed by Ramon Ang, president […]
December 21, 2017

Meralco PowerGen eyes 150 MW wind project in Ilocos Norte

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 20, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The power generation arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is keenly looking at two wind power projects that could add up 300 megawatts (MW) capacity to its portfolio […]
December 21, 2017

ERC asked to correct data on renewables

By Alena Mae S. Flores  – December 20, 2017 at 08:49 pm from manilastandard.net Power retailer Manila Electric Co. asked the Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure that accurate data are used in calculating the feed-in tariff allowance to lessen the burden […]