May 22, 2018

VMIP 1st power project certified under EO 30

By Lenie Lectura – May 21, 2018 from Business Mirror THE P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP) is the first power project to be certified as “Project of National Significance” under Executive Order (EO) 30. “I signed the certification for Vis-Min,” Secretary […]
May 20, 2018

PSALM suspends Malaya plant sale

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 19, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The board of Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) in its last meeting has decided to temporarily suspend “privatization plans” for the 650-megawatt Malaya thermal […]
May 18, 2018

PH nuclear legal framework ‘insufficient’

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – May 18, 2018 from The Manila Times THE Philippines has no sufficient legal framework to tap nuclear energy as a power source, a lawmaker said on Thursday. “All the gaps in our nuclear-energy legal framework […]
May 18, 2018

Phinma Petroleum takes loss on interest in SC 51 in East Visayas

By Lenie Lectura – May 17, 2018 from Business Mirror PHINMA Petroleum and Geothermal Inc. (PPG) will take a loss on its interest in an exploration service contract after the company decided to withdraw from it. The company said on Thursday that […]