March 27, 2017

SMC’s Limay plant to boost supply for summer months

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 26, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Available power capacity may run tight during the summer months because of the successive maintenance shutdowns of power plants, but the Department of Energy (DOE) is at least […]
February 6, 2017

Phinma Energy defers building 900-MW coal-fired power plant in Sual, Pangasinan

By Lenie Lectura – February 5, 2017 from Business Mirror PHINMA Energy Corp. has deferred plans to put up a 900-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Sual, Pangasinan. “Deferred. Maraming supply. Who knows that by 2020 we may go for it?” Phinma Energy […]
January 5, 2017

AC Energy to sell hydro projects to concentrate on other RE sources

By Lenie Lectura – January 3, 2017 from Business Mirror AC Energy Holdings Inc., the power arm of conglomerate Ayala Corp., is letting go of its hydro investments to focus on other renewable-energy (RE) sources. In a disclosure to the stock exchange on Tuesday,  AC […]
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 […]