October 5, 2018

ERC: TransCo overpaid P36.5M to 8 RE firms

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – October 5, 2018 from The Manila Times THE National Transmission Corp. (TransCo) overpaid some generation companies (gencos) by P36.5 million as of April under a scheme aimed at subsidizing renewable energy (RE) firms, the Energy […]
March 28, 2017

Reserve, incoming projects ease PHL power worries (Part One)

By Lenie Lectura – March 26, 2017 from Business Mirror POWER-industry stakeholders are expecting a brownout-free summer in Luzon for as long as no major power plants conk out simultaneously. According to the Department of Energy (DOE), the optimistic outlook is borne out […]
March 20, 2017

Coal plants to boost PHL power supply

By Lenie Lectura – March 19, 2017 from Business Mirror The Philippines is assured of 5,000 megawatts (MW) of new power-generation capacity between this year and 2020, with coal power plants still dominating the power mix. In the 2017-2020 list […]