April 16, 2018

More RE rollout to hike oil’s share in power mix

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 15, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin It is an ironic twist, but the Philippines target of 15,304 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) capacity into its power system until year 2030 under the Renewable […]
April 16, 2018

GE joins push for renewable energy in Philippines

By Manila Standard Business – April 14, 2018 The Philippines is now committed to reduce energy emissions by 70 percent by 2030 as a part of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This has brought a renewed thrust to develop […]
April 14, 2018

Co-ops oppose DoE move to allow private sector in rural electrification

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 13, 2018 at 08:00 pm from manilastandard.net Electric cooperatives have expressed concern over the move of the Energy Department to allow private investors to go into rural electrification. Leaders of several electric cooperative […]
April 13, 2018

DOE may snatch ERC’s ‘licensing role’ on retail power suppliers

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 12, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With the never-ending dilemmas that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) had been getting enmeshed with, the Department of Energy (DOE) is now intending to take hold of […]