September 15, 2017

Aboitiz Power eyes AES holdings in PH

by Alena Mae S. Flores – September 14, 2017 at 07:01 pm from manilastandard.net Aboitiz Power Corp. has joined around 15 to 20 foreign and local companies interested in acquiring the power assets of AES Corp. of the US in the Philippines. Aboitiz Power […]
July 25, 2017

Agus plants need rehabilitation

by Alena Mae S. Flores – July 23, 2017 at 06:01 pm from manilastandard.net Aboitiz Power Corp. asked the government to rehabilitate the old Agus hydroelectric power plants in Mindanao amid the huge surplus in the region to ensure the plants’ long-term efficiency […]
June 19, 2017

Shakeup in energy sector: Stakeholders highlight need to keep Epira, with some provisions revised

By Lenie Lectura – June 18, 2017  from Business Mirror Sixteen years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001 was enacted into law, industry stakeholders observed more private-sector involvement in the energy industry, ushering in new power projects that […]
December 1, 2016

Electricity galore: From shortage to oversupply

By Lenie Lectura – November 30, 2016 from Business Mirror TOWARD the end of the Aquino administration, the government was scrambling to avert a looming power crisis in Luzon, while Mindanao was already experiencing rotational brownouts. Now, power-industry stakeholders fear there could be […]