July 5, 2017

Power Crisis Would be Coming If We don’t Act Now!

David Celestra Tan, MSK 4 July 2017 The National Capital Region, the nerve center of the country’s economic activity, will soon be facing a “power crisis” sometime between October 2017 to March 2018. Or there would be a big spike […]
July 1, 2017

Palace issues EO streamlining approval of energy projects (Costing at least P3.5 billion)

By Myrna M. Velasco –  June 30, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin President Rodrigo R. Duterte has issued Executive Order (EO) 30 classifying energy projects to be of national significance, and thus, processes of licensing and permitting on their implementations […]
July 1, 2017

DOE prepares new board for WESM

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 29, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The ‘real action’ had been on the launch of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao, but torrents of discussion in the power industry had been on […]
June 29, 2017

Citicore Power seeking DOE okay for 1,000-MW goal for RE projects

By Lenie Lectura – June 28, 2017 from Business Mirror CITICORE Power Inc. (CPI) is actively pursuing hydropower investments to meet its 1,000 megawatt (MW) capacity target of renewable energy (RE). The company, currently an active member of the PhilHydro Association Inc., said on Wednesday it has […]