January 23, 2018

DOE to lodge ‘options’ to Palace for faster resolution of ERC mess

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 22, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Even without imprimatur from Malacanang, the Department of Energy (DOE) has taken upon itself to technically exercise ‘regulatory powers” over the restructured electricity sector by giving go-signal […]
January 23, 2018

Govt eases trading rules of WESM

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 22, 2018 at 06:15 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department and Philippine Electricity Market Corp., operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, have agreed to allow power generation companies with expired certificates of […]
January 23, 2018

AC Energy sees ‘good’ growth momentum

By Lenie Lectura – January 22, 2018 from Business Mirror AC Energy, the power arm of conglomerate Ayala Corp., sees “consistent growth” in its net income in the next three to four years to be driven by the new contribution […]
January 22, 2018

TRAIN taxes to hike off-grid power rates by P1.74/kWh

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 21, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Consumers in off-grid areas, including tourism-drawing islands and far-flung areas, will suffer a punitive tariff hike of P1.74 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on the rates to be passed […]