Power News

July 14, 2017

ERC explains decision to extend CSP validity

By Lenie Lectura – July 12, 2017 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Thursday said its decision to extend the validity of the Competitive Selection Process (CSP) policy was meant not to favor any power stakeholder, but merely to address the valid […]
July 13, 2017

DOE sets new target date to restore power in Samar, Leyte and Bohol

By Lenie Lectura – July 12, 2017 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) is anticipating a delay in the transmission of 160 megawatts (MW) of power-generating capacity to be delivered to Samar, Leyte and Bohol. DOE Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella said […]
July 13, 2017

Bohol, Cebu power woes continue

By Dave Albarado and Kier Edison C. Belleza – July 12, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Tagbilaran City – The city experienced a blackout Tuesday night that lasted until early Wednesday morning, as authorities struggled to stabilize the power supply in […]
July 12, 2017

AboitizPower to get 100% ownership of solar project in Negros Occidental

By Lenie Lectura – July 11, 2017 from Business Mirror ABOITIZ Power Corp., through its renewable-energy (RE) arm Aboitiz Renewables Inc. (ARI), will soon assume full ownership of a 59-megawatt (MW) solar-power project in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. In a disclosure on Tuesday, the […]
July 11, 2017

PSALM to recover P3.7B via universal charge

By Lenie Lectura – July 9, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) is seeking regulatory approval to pass on to end users the stranded debt of the National Power Corp. (NPC) amounting to P3.7 billion through […]
July 11, 2017

ERC top execs face new raps before Ombudsman

By Lenie Lectura – July 10, 2017 from Business Mirror Top officials of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) are facing another set of charges before the Office of the Ombudsman. A group calling itself the Laban Konsyumer Inc. (LKI) on Monday said it […]
July 11, 2017

40 MW of power to supply 4 provinces once NGCP completes testing of bypass line

By Lenie Lectura – July 10, 2017 from Business Mirror SOME 40 megawatts (MW) of electricity will be transported from Cebu to Samar, Leyte, Biliran and Bohol once the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is able to successfully conclude testing of […]
July 10, 2017

ERC still in a legal bind in resolving RES licenses

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 9, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Despite “risk of default” raised by retail electricity suppliers (RES), the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has admitted that it still has its hands legally tied because of the […]
July 10, 2017

DOE entices Korean investors

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 9, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is in a “fresh courting stage” to the South Korean investors which it has been rallying in for new capital flow in the […]
July 10, 2017

Meralco 20-year supply deals hit

July 06, 2017 08:25 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer It is “unacceptable” to let the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and its power suppliers dictate the electricity rates that their consumers would be paying for up to 20 years, a militant party-list […]