July 20, 2019

GenCos urged to offer ‘least cost’ in Meralco supply tendering

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 19, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With several power supply agreements (PSAs) expiring this year, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is soliciting PSA tenders for aggregate capacity of 2,900 megawatts both […]
July 14, 2019

DOE sets automatic accreditation of RES as ‘green energy suppliers’

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 13, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The existing league of retail electricity suppliers (RES) can be automatically accredited as participants in the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) that the Department of Energy (DOE) […]
July 12, 2019

Win: Minpocor creation may be in breach of Epira, needs review

By Lenie Lectura – July 12, 2019 from Business Mirror THE proposed creation of the Mindanao Power Corp. (Minpocor) must undergo an extensive review because the law prohibits the government from owning a power plant, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Sherwin […]
June 21, 2019

DOE to scrap off-grid subsidies for commercial, industrial users

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 20, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is advancing policy steps on the removal of subsidies for commercial and industrial end-users operating in island-grids; and will just confine the […]