Power News

October 23, 2017

Unpaid FIT to renewable firms piling up—TransCo

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 20, 2017 at 07:01 pm  from manilastandard.net State-run National Transmission Corp. has asked the Energy Regulatory Commission to act on its pending applications, saying the renewable energy payment backlog is expected to reach P8 billion by the […]
October 23, 2017

Court’s TRO hinders power supply competition

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 19, 2017 at 07:24 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday expressed concern over its inability to issue new retail electricity licenses in the wake of the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court […]
October 18, 2017

Lawmaker seeks ERC clarification on power market-share limitation

By Lenie Lectura – October 17, 2017 from Manila Bulletin A lawmaker will discuss with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) ways on how to reconcile discrepancy between installed and dependable power-generating capacity. In his keynote speech, Sen. Sherwin T. Gatchalian on Tuesday said the metric […]
October 17, 2017

Shell to jump on RE bandwagon

By Lenie Lectura – October 15, 2017 from Business Mirror SHELL Philippines has informed the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) that it is joining the renewable-energy (RE) bandwagon soon. “Shell will enter the RE sector,” announced NREB Chairman Jose M. Layug Jr. in a recent […]
October 17, 2017

URC transmission project given green light by ERC

By Lenie Lectura – October 16, 2017 from Business Mirror GOKONGWEI-led Universal Robina Corp. (URC) has secured approval from regulators for its transmission facility in the Visayas region. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced it approved URC’s application to build a point-to-point (P2P) […]
October 17, 2017

DOE pushes ‘aggregation level’ in power retail competition

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 16, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Aggregation at 500 kilowatts (kW) consumption level, that may include households within contiguous or adjacent areas, would already be the next phase of electricity retail competition and open […]
October 17, 2017

WB keen on P52-b power grid project

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 16, 2017 at 08:01 pm from manilastandard.net State-run National Transmission Corp. said Monday it is in “serious talks” with the World Bank to finance the P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao interconnection project. TransCo president Melvin Matibag said the World Bank […]
October 14, 2017

Semirara ups royalty payments to DoE, local government units

BY Alena Mae S. Flores – October 13, 2017 at 07:56 pm from manilastandard.net Semirara Mining and Power Corp. tripled its first-half royalty payments to the Energy Department to P1.69 billion from P575 million year-on-year. “Our continued partnership with the DoE allows […]
October 13, 2017

SPI to develop 100-MW solar plant in Tarlac

By Lenie Lectura – October 11, 2017 from Business Mirror Sunray Power Inc. (SPI) will develop a 100-megawatt (MW) solar-power project in Tarlac. SPI is 75-percent owned by Menlo Renewable Energy Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of MRC Allied Inc. A solar energy-service […]
October 13, 2017

Congressmen want more power plants built

by Alena Mae S. Flores and Maricel V. Cruz – October 12, 2017 at 07:43 pm from manilastandard.net Congressmen on Thursday cited the need to build more power plants on rising power demand amid the sustained economic growth. Rep. Lord Velasco of Marinduque, […]