May 14, 2019

Old plants supply 80% of power in Luzon

By Jordeene B. Lagare – May 14, 2019 from The Manila Times THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said almost 80 percent of electricity generated in Luzon comes from aging power plants or those built about two decades ago. In a […]
May 14, 2019

ERC: Implications of high court’s PSA ruling ‘massive’

By Jordeene B. Lagare – May 11, 2019 from The Manila Times THE Supreme Court’s (SC) recent decision to subject power supply agreements (PSAs) made on or after June 2015 to public bidding presents “massive” implications, the Energy Regulatory Commission […]
May 13, 2019

EDC to expand geothermal assets

By Lenie Lectura – May 13, 2019 from Business Mirror LOPEZ-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC) said last week it would carry out “a small expansion” of its geothermal assets. “We have a few plants lined up for EDC. They are […]
May 13, 2019

ERC concerned over new plants

By Alena Mae S. Flores – May 12, 2019 from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission expressed serious concern over the high incidence of “young” power plants that went on forced outages from March 5 to April 25. ERC chairperson Agnes […]