September 6, 2017

ERC OKs P52-billion VisMin grid interconnection project

By Lenie Lectura – September 5, 2017 from Business Mirror Power-resource sharing between the country’s major islands will soon become a reality, following the regulators’ approval of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) P52-billion grid interconnection project proposal. The Energy […]
September 5, 2017

NGCP awaits ERC okay for Aspa procurement

By Lenie Lectura – September 4, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is procuring ancillary services from two power firms in Luzon and Mindanao to ensure reliability of the power grid. NGCP has already signed ancillary […]
September 5, 2017

Transco seeks increase in FiT allowance for 2018

By Lenie Lectura – September 4, 2017 from Business Mirror THE National Transmission Corp. (Transco) has filed an application seeking to increase the feed-in-tariff allowance (FiT-All) for 2018 to 29.32 centavos per kilowatt-hour. FiT is a form of incentives for renewable-energy (RE) […]
September 4, 2017

Russian, Slovanian firms aid DOE in evaluating nuclear-power plant

By Lenie Lectura – August 30, 2017 from Business Mirror NUCLEAR-POWER experts from firms in Russia and Slovania are assessing the chances of a possible revival of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The Department of Energy (DOE) said on Wednesday representatives of […]