March 23, 2021

Average spot market price up in March due to demand and generator outages — IEMOP

By Angelica Y. Yang – March 19, 2021 | 6:44 pm from Business World THE AVERAGE spot market price hit P4.23 per kilowatt hour (kWh) this month, nearly twice the February level, due to an increase in power demand and […]
March 15, 2021

DoE to endorse 75 RE plants for feed-in tariff program

By Angelica Y. Yang – March 12, 2021 | 6:40 pm from Business World PHILSTAR The Department of Energy (DoE) said Friday that 75 renewable energy (RE) plants with capacity of 1,323.01 megawatts (MW) of capacity will be endorsed to […]
March 13, 2021

First Gen to make 690 MW available for Energy dep’t green energy program

By Angelica Y. Yang – March 10, 2021 | 7:28 pm from Business World FIRST GEN Corp. said Wednesday that it will make available around 690 megawatts (MW) of geothermal power for the green energy option program (GEOP). “Primarily, our […]
March 11, 2021

Carbon taxes could sap PHL competitiveness, Energy department says

By Angelica Y. Yang – March 9, 2021 | 7:34 pm from Business Mirror ENERGY Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said Tuesday that the Philippines’ competitiveness could be hindered by carbon taxes, adding that the country is currently incapable of implementing […]