October 23, 2017

Court’s TRO hinders power supply competition

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 19, 2017 at 07:24 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday expressed concern over its inability to issue new retail electricity licenses in the wake of the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court […]
October 17, 2017

WB keen on P52-b power grid project

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 16, 2017 at 08:01 pm from manilastandard.net State-run National Transmission Corp. said Monday it is in “serious talks” with the World Bank to finance the P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao interconnection project. TransCo president Melvin Matibag said the World Bank […]
October 14, 2017

Semirara ups royalty payments to DoE, local government units

BY Alena Mae S. Flores – October 13, 2017 at 07:56 pm from manilastandard.net Semirara Mining and Power Corp. tripled its first-half royalty payments to the Energy Department to P1.69 billion from P575 million year-on-year. “Our continued partnership with the DoE allows […]
October 13, 2017

Congressmen want more power plants built

by Alena Mae S. Flores and Maricel V. Cruz – October 12, 2017 at 07:43 pm from manilastandard.net Congressmen on Thursday cited the need to build more power plants on rising power demand amid the sustained economic growth. Rep. Lord Velasco of Marinduque, […]