September 29, 2017

Meralco sees sales volume rising 5%

By Alena Mae S. Flores – September 27, 2017 at 07:01 pm from manilastandard.net Manila Electric Co., the biggest electricity retailer, expects sales volume to grow 5 percent this year in the face of increased demand across all sectors. “This year, we’re […]
September 29, 2017

DoE endorses joint oil exploration with China

By Alena Mae S. Flores – September 27, 2017 at 07:01 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department endorsed for Malacañang’s approval the farm-in agreement between state-run PNOC Exploration Corp. and China National Offshore Oil Corp. over a petroleum-rich area northwest off Palawan […]
September 29, 2017

NGCP says reserves in Luzon grid thin again

By Alena Mae S. Flores – September 28, 2017 at 07:01 pm from manilastandard.net Grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines declared a ‘yellow alert’ in the Luzon grid for a few hours Thursday amid thin reserves brought about by the outage […]
September 23, 2017

NGCP: Negros-Panay submarine cable ready

by Alena Mae S. Flores – September 22, 2017 at 07:01 pm  from manilastandard.net Grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines is set to energize the Negros-Panay submarine cable at its full capacity of 300 megawatts by the first quarter next year to […]