July 21, 2017

Plant shutdowns to cut Luzon grid’s July-September power supply by 2,000 MW

By Lenie Lectura – July 20, 2017 from Business Mirror ABOUT 2,650 megawatts (MW) of power-generating capacity will be shaved off from the Luzon grid in the July-to-September period, owing to a number of power plants that are scheduled to go offline. The […]
July 21, 2017

DOE approves grid-impact study for five more power projects

By Lenie Lectura – July 20, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) has cleared five power projects for the conduct of a grid-impact study (GIS). A clearance for the conduct of GIS is necessary for a power firm before it […]
July 20, 2017

AC Energy eyes Vietnam project

By Lenie Lectura – July 19, 2017 from Business Mirror AC Energy Holdings Inc., the power arm of conglomerate Ayala Corp., is actively pursuing potential investments in renewable energy (RE) projects in  Vietnam. AC Energy President and CEO John Eric Francia said on […]
July 20, 2017

DOE’s ‘Causers Pay Policy Program’ to start within the year

By Lenie Lectura – July 19, 2017 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) will no longer allow “negligent and incompetent” power-industry players to pass on to consumers the additional costs incurred in sourcing higher priced electricity when a power outage occurs. […]