Power News

March 22, 2017

DOE closed 755 renewable-energy deals as of end-December last year

By Lenie Lectura – March 21, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded 755 renewable energy (RE) contracts,  with a total potential generating capacity of nearly 17,000 megawatts (MW), as of end-December last year. Of the total awarded RE […]
March 22, 2017

Renewable energy projects rising

by Alena Mae S. Flores – March 21, 2017 at 09:01 pm from Manila Standard Today The Energy Department has awarded 755 renewable energy projects with a potential generation capacity of 16,948 megawatts as of end December 2016. Latest records from the department […]
March 21, 2017

ERC grants NGCP P5.5-B capex for 2017

by Myrna M. Velasco – March 20, 2017, 10:22 AM from Manila Bulletin Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) had been provisionally granted lean capital expenditures of P5.5 billion for this year, giving focus only on highly critical […]
March 21, 2017

Govt clears 12 power plants for impact studies

by Alena Mae S. Flores – March 20, 2017 at 09:01 pm from Manila Standard Today The Energy Department cleared a dozen power generation projects, with a combined capacity of over 1,900 megawatts, to proceed to the next stage of development involving grid […]
March 21, 2017

Policing the power sector

By  BusinessMirror Editorial – March 20, 2017 from Business Mirror The Philippines has one of the most expensive electricity rates in the world. The government owes taxpayers safe, reliable and affordable electricity, but its attempt to lower prices by restructuring the power […]
March 20, 2017

Global Power ready to build 670MW coal plant in Luzon

By Lenie Lectura – March 16, 2017 from Business Mirror GLOBAL Business Power (GBP) Corp. is eyeing to expand its energy portfolio with a plan to put up a 670-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Luzon. “Now that we have secured the base-load requirement […]
March 20, 2017

Coal plants to boost PHL power supply

By Lenie Lectura – March 19, 2017 from Business Mirror The Philippines is assured of 5,000 megawatts (MW) of new power-generation capacity between this year and 2020, with coal power plants still dominating the power mix. In the 2017-2020 list […]
March 17, 2017

Solons say midnight ERC deals allow Meralco to lock down consumers for 25 years

from Business Mirror March 16, 2017 Congressmen today assailed the alleged sweetheart deals engineered by officials of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to favor power distributor Meralco that would allow the latter to lock down consumers in its franchise areas […]
March 15, 2017

NGCP, SN Aboitiz seek ERC nod on new AS procurement

By Lenie Lectura – March 14, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) and SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet Inc. (SNAP-BI) are asking the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to grant them a provisional authority to implement their ancillary services procurement […]
March 15, 2017

NPC seeks P1.078-billion recovery cost adjustment from fuel-price fluctuations

By Lenie Lectura – March 13, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Power Corp. (NPC) has filed an application for recovery cost adjustments worth P1.078 billion. The amount represents additional operating costs incurred by NPC-SPUG (Small Power Utilities Group) as a result of […]