Power News

November 17, 2016

Explain outages, Cusi orders producers

by Alena Mae S. Flores – November 17, 2016 at 12:01 am from Manila Standard Today THE Energy Department on Wednesday ordered the power producers and other stakeholders to explain the cause of the tripping of eight power plants that caused the brownouts […]
November 16, 2016

Hedcor agrees to supply Buseco 5 MW of power in 2017

By Lenie Lectura – November 14, 2016 from Business Mirror ABOITIZPower subsidiary Hedcor Inc. will supply  Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative Inc. (Buseco) 5 megawatts (MW) in 2017. An energy-supply agreement was signed by both parties on November 10. Buseco will be sourcing power […]
November 14, 2016

Power-sector players still await clear-cut policy on energy mix

By Lenie Lectura – November 11, 2016 from Business Mirror MORE than a hundred days since the assumption of the new administration, industry players in the power sector are still waiting for the government to issue a policy on energy mix […]
November 14, 2016

‘Government should tap safer energy sources in West Philippine Sea’

By Butch Fernandez & Lenie Lectura – November 13, 2016 from Business Mirror Instead of spending $1 billion to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), the chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy urged the government to use money to […]
November 12, 2016

Nuke plant revival bid approved

by Alena Mae S. Flores –  November 12, 2016 at 12:01 am from Manila Standard Today PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has given the Energy Department the go-ahead to look into the possibility of powering up the 620-megawatt Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, which was mothballed […]
November 11, 2016

Stop Meralco deals, SC asked

By: Gil C. Cabacungan – November 10, 2016, 04:16 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer A consumer group has asked the Supreme Court to stop the  Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) from approving Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco)  20-year power supply agreements (PSA) that did not […]
November 10, 2016

SC asked to stop ERC from approving 20-yr. agreements

by Rey G. Panaligan – November 8, 2016, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Supreme Court (SC) was asked yesterday to stop the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) from approving a 20-year power supply agreements (PSAs) between the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) […]
November 8, 2016

Meralco rates drop by P0.0781 per kWh

by Alena Mae S. Flores – November 07, 2016 at 11:30 pm from Manila Standard Today Consumers of Manila Electric Co. will experience lower rates this month with the rate for a typical household dropping P0.0781 per kilowatt-hour to P8.26 per kWh, the […]
November 8, 2016

NGCP lends substation equipment to Cebu coop

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 7, 2016, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin To prevent service distress in the franchise area of the Cebu 2 Electric Cooperative (CEBECO II), transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has temporarily lent […]
November 8, 2016

DOE seeks industry inputs on energy plan updating

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 7, 2016, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Via public consultations, the Department is Energy (DOE) is soliciting inputs from various segments of industry stakeholders on its updating of the Philippine Energy Plan. The consultation process […]