December 28, 2017

Consumers face P100-B add’l cost annually

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 27, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The proposed renewable portfolio standards (RPS) rules for the renewable energy (RE) sector that is not supported by technical and economic studies will pummel consumers with additional cost […]
December 28, 2017

Metro Pacific keen on investing in LNG facility

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 27, 2017 at 08:08 pm from manilastandard.net Metro Pacific Investments Corp. is looking at possible investments in the country’s liquefied natural gas industry, a group official said. “It’s MPIC,” Meralco PowerGen president and chief executive officer […]
December 27, 2017

SMC puts other coal power plants on hold

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 25, 2017 at 08:39 pm from manilastandard.net San Miguel Corp. has put on hold developing greenfield power plants after its recent acquisition of the Masinloc coal-fired power plants in Zambales province. “It’s on hold but […]
December 27, 2017

ERC asked to probe ‘midnight dispatch’ of solar plants

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 26, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The solar plants logging capacity dispatch at “witching hours” or when the sun is apparently not up at midnight, is a serious matter that the Energy Regulatory Commission […]