March 13, 2018

Duterte: Firms must join rural electrification drive

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – March 13, 2018 from The Manila Times President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to allow the private sector to participate in the complete electrification of […]
March 7, 2018

DOE urged to publish probe result on FIT award irregularity

By Myrna M. Velasco – Updated March 6, 2018, 3:09 PM from Manila Bulletin An aggrupation of solar farm developers in the country is urging Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi to “make public” the outcome of his department’s investigation on […]
March 2, 2018

Robust GDP growth outpaces new power capacity additions

By Myrna M. Velasco – 01 March 2018 from Manila Bulletin Faster-than-anticipated growths in some segments of the economy, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) have been outstripping capacity additions in the country’s electricity supply, according to the country’s […]
February 24, 2018

NGCP’s Vis-Min link among them DOE evaluating 10 projects for streamlined processing

By Myrna M. Velasco – Updated February 23, 2018, 5:55 PM from Manila Bulletin Transmission firm-concessionaire National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has formally filed an application with the Department of Energy (DOE) on getting its P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection […]