October 5, 2020

October power rates expected to rise as demand picked up

By Alena Mae S. Flores – October 04, 2020 at 07:50 pm from manilastandard.net Power rates of Manila Electric Co. will likely go up this month amid increased demand, plant outages and the Malampaya gas supply restriction, a company executive […]
September 28, 2020

Meralco plans to buy about 4,420 MW of power supply

By Alena Mae S. Flores – September 27, 2020 at 07:40 pm from manilastandard.net Power retailer Manila Electric Co. will secure about 4,420 megawatts of supply for its power requirements from 2020 to 2027 to meet the projected 3-percent annual […]
September 25, 2020

Bidding for Malaya power plant fails again

By Alena Mae S. Flores – September 23, 2020 at 08:35 pm from manilastandard.net State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. declared a failure the third round of public auction for the 650-megawatt Malaya Thermal Power Plant and its […]
September 21, 2020

Gatchalian warns of power outages with depletion of Malampaya field

By Alena Mae S. Flores – September 20, 2020 at 08:40 pm from manilastandard.net Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate committee on energy, expressed concern over the imminent depletion of natural gas from the Malampaya field in northwest Palawan. […]