Power News

February 17, 2017

DOE wants to take role on ECC issuance of energy projects

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 16, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin To prevent delay in projects, the Department of Energy (DOE) is intending to take on the role of issuing environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for such facility developments and […]
February 17, 2017

TransCo wants inventory of ROW acquisitions for transmission projects

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 16, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Facility owner National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) is requiring concessionaire National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to submit inventory of all right-of-way (ROW) acquisitions linked to implementation of […]
February 17, 2017

SC awards Naga plant to Aboitiz Power

by Alena Mae S. Flores – February 15, 2017 at 08:06 pm from Manila Standard Today The Supreme Court reinstated the notice of award to Aboitiz Power Corp.’s subsidiary Therma Power Visayas Inc. for the 153.1-megawatt Naga power plant complex in Naga, Cebu. […]
February 17, 2017

Malampaya resumes natural-gas delivery

By Lenie Lectura – February 16, 2017 from Business Mirror The 20-day maintenance shutdown of the Malampaya natural-gas facility in Palawan concluded on Thursday, and had resumed  providing gas to the gas plants that provide an aggregate capacity of more than […]
February 17, 2017

‘No need to amend Epira’

By Lenie Lectura – February 16, 2017 from Business Mirror Sixteen years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (Epira) was enacted into law, the Department of Energy (DOE) strongly believes that the law does not need to be […]
February 16, 2017

DOE sees rising power demand for Mindanao from 2021 to 2030

By Lenie Lectura – February 15, 2017 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday said Mindanao would need a total of 3,650 megawatts (MW) of additional power-generating capacity by 2021 to 2030. Based on the agency’s latest data […]
February 16, 2017

NGCP building 20 backbone projects

by Alena Mae S. Flores – February 14, 2017 at 08:24 pm  from Manila Standard Today National Grid Corporation of the Philippines will start construction of 20 transmission projects this year to further increase the reliability and efficiency of the country’s transmission network. […]
February 16, 2017

Alsons Power strategizing on diesel plants

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 15, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Amid oversupply condition in Mindanao grid, the power group of Alsons Consolidated Resources, Inc. (ACR) is stepping up on cornering contracts for “peaking capacity utilization” of its diesel-fired […]
February 16, 2017

DOE eyes deeper study and assessment of impact of water-food-energy nexus

By Myrna M. Velasco –  February 15, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is targeting to assess and study deeper the full impact of food-water-energy nexus; or what global experts would refer to as the […]
February 15, 2017

NGCP justifies recent P0.15/kWh power-transmission charge hike

By Lenie Lectura – February 14, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Grid Corp. (NGCP) on Tuesday shed light to the P0.15-per-kilowatt- hour (kWh) increase in transmission charge collected by the Manila Electric Co.  (Meralco) from its customers in their March […]