April 20, 2019

DOE enforces moratorium on direct power connection applications

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 19, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is enforcing a three-month moratorium on the processing and evaluation of application for direct power connections to the grid of big-ticket electricity […]
April 17, 2019

Yellow and Red Power Alert, Things to Ponder, The Outdated and Onerous Genco Contracts, and Permanent Solutions (Part 2)

Part 2 of 2   4. The Onerous Guaranteed Payments for Downtimes in the PSA in Main Grid These power plants will predictably blame technical reasons for the outages. These are however the “effects” and not the “root causes”. It […]
April 15, 2019

Calls mount for investigation, accountability on power crisis

By Danessa Rivera – April 15, 2019 – 12:00am from The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — Calls for an investigation and accountability are mounting amid concerns over a looming power crisis after rotating brownouts were implemented in the Luzon power […]
April 13, 2019

Power sector probed

By Chito Lozada – April 12, 2019 12:07 AM from Daily Tribune The sudden shutdown of a number of key power plants that resulted in a power shortfall of 1,500 megawatts in the past two days prompted Energy Secretary Alfonso […]