July 18, 2018

SPC Power turns over 153.1-megawatt Naga power plant complex to PSALM

By Victor V. Saulon – July 17, 2018 12:02am from BusinessWorld File photo of SPC Power Corp.’s annual stockholders’ meeting on May 28, 2018. — Photo by Edah Dagooc/THE FREEMAN   SPC POWER Corp. has turned over the 153.1-megawatt (MW) […]
June 23, 2018

‘At Seventeen’: On the anniversary of Epira, have we learned the truth about the power sector?

By Lenie Lectura – June 23, 2018 from Business Mirror In Photo: The Pagbilao coal-fired power plant in Quezon. SEVENTEEN years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001, or Republic Act 9136, was enacted into law, have […]
March 22, 2018

Pagbilao lifts order vs coal plant

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 21, 2018 at 09:35 pm from manilastandard.net The municipality of Pagbilao lifted the cease-and-desist order it earlier issued against Pagbilao Energy Corp.’s 420-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Quezon province. “The revocation of the […]
March 9, 2018

Excess power supply expected to moderate electricity rates

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 08, 2018 at 09:30 pm from manilastandard.net The Philippines is now experiencing an ‘oversupply situation’ in the power sector which is expected to last five to seven years, a top executive of Aboitiz […]