April 23, 2018

SREC breaks ground for hybrid-power plant in Palawan

By Lenie Lectura – April 22, 2018 from Business Mirror SABANG Renewable Energy Corp. (SREC) broke ground for its hybrid power plant in Palawan. SREC’s hybrid power plant will consist of 1.4 megawatts of solar power with a 2.3-MW-per-hour battery-storage system and […]
April 21, 2018

DOE objects to PSALM’s president-in-waiting

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 20, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The choice of the Department of Finance (DOF) for a prospective president of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) reportedly gained objection from the […]
April 20, 2018

Meralco non-committal to ‘Swiss challenge’ plea on supply contracts

By Myrna Velasco – Updated April 19, 2018, 4:17 PM from Manila Bulletin Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi personally made his appeal to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to subject its controversial power supply agreements (PSAs) to a Swiss challenge, but […]
April 18, 2018

ECs thumb down entry of private firms in their franchise areas

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 17, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) are refusing the entry of deep-pocketed third party investors in their respective franchise areas, including those that had been rendered ‘unviable’ for […]