February 26, 2018

DOE keeps close watch on ‘forced outages’ of power plants

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 25, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With some power plants scheduled for maintenance shutdown during the summer months, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it would need to keep closer watch on […]
February 25, 2018

ERC pares system loss caps for utilities

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 24, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has dangled cost savings to consumers on its new rules to further cut system loss caps for distribution utilities (DUs) over four- […]
February 24, 2018

NGCP’s Vis-Min link among them DOE evaluating 10 projects for streamlined processing

By Myrna M. Velasco – Updated February 23, 2018, 5:55 PM from Manila Bulletin Transmission firm-concessionaire National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has formally filed an application with the Department of Energy (DOE) on getting its P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection […]
February 24, 2018

DOE mulls ‘no pass-on policy’ on initial coal TRAIN tax

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 23, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin At the initial excise tax rate of P50 per metric ton, the Department of Energy (DOE) is advancing a policy idea that the generation companies (GenCos) will […]