Power News

November 15, 2017

PSALM still has P380-B proceeds from privatization for collection

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 14, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) would still have P380.254-billion privatization proceeds for collection out of the divested National Power Corporation (NPC) assets. These will […]
November 13, 2017

Govt issues draft policies on power-market operator

By Lenie Lectura – November 13, 2017 From Business Mirror THE country’s trading floor for buying and selling electricity would be led by an independent market operator (IMO) whose members do not have any ties with the government and power-industry participants. This was […]
November 10, 2017

Pagbilao gas-fired plant builder gets ERC approval

By Lenie Lectura – November 9, 2017 from Business Mirror ENERGY World Power Operations Philippines Inc. (Ewpopi), a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy World Corp. Ltd., has secured the go-ahead of the regulators to develop a transmission facility that will connect its […]
November 10, 2017

Higher power rates this month–Meralco

By Lenie Lectura -November 9, 2017 from Business Mirror Power rates this month will increase by P0.3436 per kilowatt hour (kWh) for a typical residential household, thereby bringing the overall rate from last month’s P9.2836 per kWh to P9.6272 per kWh. The […]
November 8, 2017

DOE crafts incentives for RE installations in off-grid islands

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 7, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is working on a formula that will incentivize deployments of renewable energy (RE) technologies along off-grid domains via the renewable portfolio standards (RPS) […]
November 6, 2017

DOE to review pass-on power charges

By Lenie Lectura -November 6, 2017 from Business Mirror A recent decision of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) that allowed an electric cooperative (EC) to pass on to its customers P232 million worth of unpaid power fees owed to a power supplier […]
November 4, 2017

TransCo asked to refund P14 B in RE subsidy collections

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 3, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Fund administrator National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) is being urged to refund up to P14 billion worth of two-year subsidy collections for the feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) charges that had […]
November 3, 2017

DOE signals LNG importation ahead of Malampaya’s end

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 2, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With the highly anticipated signing of the Philippine Natural Gas Regulation (PNGR) Framework, the Department of Energy (DOE) has already set off signal on the kick-off of liquefied […]
November 3, 2017

DOE awaits result of Rosatom study on what to do with Bataan nuke plant

By Lenie Lectura – November 2, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) eagerly awaits the result of a two-month assessment conducted by foreign experts on the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said experts, mostly […]
November 3, 2017

Energy dept issues draft rules on PHL natural-gas industry development

By Lenie Lectura – November 2, 2017 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) released on Thursday a draft of the rules on the country’s natural-gas industry. The draft circular, which shall be known as the Philippine Natural Gas Regulation (PNGR), establishes […]