February 1, 2018

Erring power companies to get penalty

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 31, 2018 at 07:00 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department will issue rules in June penalizing power companies found to have caused a forced outage in the power grid, especially through negligence. “We […]
January 30, 2018

AC Energy awaits government signal for joining Malaya bid round

By Lenie Lectura – January 30, 2018 from Business Mirror AC Energy, the power arm of Ayala Corp. (AC), would rather wait for further instructions from policy-makers on the privatization of the Malaya Thermal Power Plant before it decides to […]
January 29, 2018

Review of ‘pass-on costs’ in electric bills pushed

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 28, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With escalating consumer agitation over incessantly increasing electricity rates, the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) will instigate a review and possibly rewrite the policy on “pass-on mechanism” […]
January 29, 2018

Solar PHL challenges price offer of First NatGas Power

By Lenie Lectura – January 28, 2018 from Business Mirror SOLAR Philippines challenged the price offer of First NatGas Power Corp. to supply the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) from the Lopez-led firm’s San Gabriel 414-megawatt (MW) gas power plant. The […]