October 22, 2018

Viewpoint: An Open letter to the DOE Secretary on what to do about the grand theft of consumers’ money in the amount of more than 5.0 billion pesos every year that is being carried out by 15 electric cooperatives in Mindanao

David A. Tauli, President, Mindanao Coalition 19 October 2018 SIR: This is to suggest to the Department of Energy that they should carry out legal actions against the ERC commissioners and against officials in the DOE in the past administration, […]
October 22, 2018

SMC unit to expand Pangasinan hydropower plant capacity to 1,200 MW

By Lenie Lectura – October 22, 2018 from Business Mirror STRATEGIC Power Development Corp. (SPDC), the independent power producer administrator (IPPA) of the 345-megawatt San Roque power plant in Pangasinan, wants to expand the power capacity of the hydro facility to […]
October 21, 2018

6 firms eyeing 650-MW Malaya thermal plant

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 20, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin At least six companies have signified initial interest to bid for the 650-megawatt (MW) Malaya thermal power plant that has been lined up by asset seller Power […]
October 16, 2018

16 foreign firms want to partner with local electric co-ops to form clean-energy mini grids

By Lenie Lectura – October 16, 2018 from Business Mirror SIXTEEN foreign firms have expressed interest to partner with electric cooperatives to put up clean-energy mini grids. According to the post-event survey conducted by the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) that co-organized […]