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February 11, 2017
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by Alena Mae S. Flores – February 10, 2017 at 08:39 pm from Manila Standard Today Manila Electric Co. said Friday electricity rates of a typical household will increase by P0.92 per kilowatt-hour in February and March, one of the biggest rate increases […]
February 10, 2017
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By Lenie Lectura – February 9, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) proposed to collect from its customers an additional P0.30 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in generation charge for three months starting in March. Meralco said it wants to recoup some […]
February 9, 2017
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by Alena Mae S. Flores – February 08, 2017 at 10:04 pm from Manila Standard Today Power consumers can expect a “significant increase” in generation charges this month from an all-time low in January, because of the maintenance shutdown of several plants and […]
February 8, 2017
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By Lenie Lectura – February 7, 2017 from Business Mirror The power business of conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is diversifying into renewable energy (RE) with a partner based in Asia. SMC President and COO Ramon S. Ang said on Tuesday the […]
February 8, 2017
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By Lenie Lectura – February 7, 2017 from Business Mirror The Luzon grid was spared from power-outage incidents amid the sudden shutdown of the 1,294-megawatt (MW) Sual power plant in Pangasinan, the largest coal-fired power plant in the Philippines. The National Grid […]
February 8, 2017
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By Lenie Lectura – February 7, 2017 from Business Mirror THE chairman of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) wants to rehabilitate the Agus and Pulangi power plant complexes before they are sold to prospective investors. “We have to fix the power-plant […]
February 7, 2017
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By Lenie Lectura – February 6, 2017 from Business Mirror THE power sector is weighing options on how best to proceed with the privatization of the hydroelectric power plants that are part of the Agus and Pulangi power-plant complexes. The Agus complex has 728 […]
February 7, 2017
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by Alena Mae S. Flores – February 06, 2017 at 08:55 pm from Manila Standard Today The total unpaid obligations of National Transmission Corp. to renewable energy developers under the feed-in tariff regime have reached over P4 billion, an official said Monday. “Yes, […]
February 7, 2017
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by Myrna M. Velasco – February 6, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The 600-megawatt generating unit 1 of the Sual coal-fired power facility suffered forced outage early morning on Monday (February 6), but the system held without any declaration of […]
February 6, 2017
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By Lenie Lectura – February 5, 2017 from Business Mirror PHINMA Energy Corp. has deferred plans to put up a 900-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Sual, Pangasinan. “Deferred. Maraming supply. Who knows that by 2020 we may go for it?” Phinma Energy […]