Power News

November 4, 2016

3 new Aboitiz Power plants coming on stream next year

By Myrna M. Velasco –  November 1, 2016, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Aboitiz Power Corporation will further build up its power generation portfolio next year with three greenfield power plants coming on stream that will then add roughly 600 […]
November 4, 2016

ERC extends FIT-All filing by another 30 days

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 29, 2016, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin A one-month extension had been granted for the filing of updated feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) that will be passed on in the consumers’ electric bills next year. That had […]
October 29, 2016

ERC allows SMCPC to implement supply contracts with 5 DUs

by Lenie Lectura – October 28, 2016 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) decided to grant interim relief on San Miguel Consolidated Power Corp.’s (SMCPC) power-supply contracts (PSCs) with five distribution utilities (DUs) based in Mindanao. The grant […]
October 29, 2016

890 MW of solar to push FIT-All rate to P0.27/kwh

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 27, 2016, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The country’s “overbuild” of solar farms will correspondingly punish Filipino consumers’ pockets with feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) inflating to as high as R0.27 per kilowatt hour (kwh). That had […]
October 27, 2016

ERC welcome’s Meralco’s bid to form new unit

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 26, 2016 at 11:35 pm from Manila Standard Today The Energy Regulatory Commission said Wednesday it welcomes the initiative of Manila Electric Co. to register an affiliated company as a retail electricity supplier under the retail […]
October 26, 2016

Meralco to exhaust all legal means to resolve tiff with ERC

by Lenie Lectura – October 25, 2016 from Business Mirror A TOP official of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said the utility firm is open to having a dialogue with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), but vowed to exhaust all […]
October 26, 2016

Mindanao’s base load power investments on halt for 7-10 years

by Myrna Velasco – October 25, 2016 from Manila Bulletin Investments for base load power plants in Mindanao will be on standstill for the next 7-10 years given the overcapacity situation that the grid will be putting up with in […]
October 25, 2016

Ayala power firm still bets on coal as base-load fuel

by Lenie Lectura – October 23, 2016 from Business Mirror COAL would still be the country’s main source of base-load energy for the next two decades, an official of AC Energy Holdings Inc. said, but added that there is a […]
October 22, 2016

Senate energy panel chairman cool to PEMC transformation into IMO

by Lenie Lectura – October 20, 2016 from Business Mirror The chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy said on Thursday there is no need to rush the implementation of a provision of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) […]
October 22, 2016

ERC to extend deadline on supply talks

by Myrna Velasco – October 21, 2016 from Manila Bulletin With some delays in implementation due to legal hurdles, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) indicated that it is keen on extending the deadline for contestable customers to negotiate supply deals with retail […]