February 13, 2017

Emission results of SBC Global Power’s Bataan plant ‘way below’ govt, WB standard limits

By Lenie Lectura – February 12, 2017 from Business Mirror THE first 150-megawatt (MW) unit of SMC Global Power’s coal power plant in Limay, Bataan, yielded emission results that were “way, way below” government and World Bank standard limits. The power-generation subsidiary of […]
February 10, 2017

Meralco wants to collect extra P0.30/kWh from March to May

By Lenie Lectura – February 9, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) proposed to collect from its customers an additional P0.30 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in generation charge for three months starting in March. Meralco said it wants to recoup some […]
February 8, 2017

SMC ventures into renewable energy

By Lenie Lectura – February 7, 2017 from Business Mirror The power business of conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is diversifying into renewable energy (RE) with a partner based in Asia. SMC President and COO Ramon S. Ang said on Tuesday the […]
February 8, 2017

NGCP assures power-supply sufficiency for Luzon grid amid Sual plant shutdown

By  Lenie Lectura – February 7, 2017 from Business Mirror The Luzon grid was spared from power-outage incidents amid the sudden shutdown of the 1,294-megawatt (MW) Sual power plant in Pangasinan, the largest coal-fired power plant in the Philippines. The National Grid […]