March 7, 2022

Electric bills next in line to shoot up

By Alena Mae S. Flores March 7, 2022, 12:50 am from manilastandard.net Meralco, other power producers advise higher rates loom as oil, coal costs soar Consumers will have to brace for high electricity bills amid soaring prices in the world […]
March 7, 2022

DOE: PH ‘nuclear power cooperation’ with Russia to stay

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 6, 2022, 8:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Despite the war hostilities raging between Russia and Ukraine, the Department of Energy (DOE) has declared that the Philippines “nuclear power deal” with Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic […]
March 5, 2022

Meralco obtains nod on 180-MW auction

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 4, 2022, 8:05 pm from manilastandard.net The Department of Energy approved the request of power retailer Manila Electric Co. to hold another bidding on the contract to supply 180 megawatts of baseload capacity. […]
March 4, 2022

Duterte wants nuclear power to replace coal plants

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 3, 2022, 3:16 PM from Manila Bulletin Newly-issued Executive Order 164 of President Rodrigo Duterte has stipulated that the country’s need for baseload electricity supply shall be plugged by nuclear power facilities, which will […]