November 2, 2021

Gov’t needs P33 B to buy out coal plants in Mindanao

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 31, 2021, 10:30 PM from Manila Bulletin The Philippine government will need to shell out more than P330 billion if it will concretize its plan to ‘buy out’ coal plants in Mindanao grid as […]
November 1, 2021

Meralco: Easing of curbs to hike Oct electricity sales

BY LENIE LECTURA – OCTOBER 31, 2021 from Business Mirror The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) could register higher electricity sales volume in October on the back of the continued reopening of the economy and increased mobility. “We’re expecting close to […]
November 1, 2021

ERC fines more power firms for breaching outage limit

BY LENIE LECTURA – OCTOBER 31, 2021 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has imposed penalties against two more power firms for exceeding the number of unplanned outage days for their hydroelectric power facilities. CBK Power Co. Ltd. […]
November 1, 2021

Meralco digital payments up 161% to P60.3 B

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 31, 2021, 8:50 PM from Manila Bulletin Customer payments in the digital platform of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) significantly climbed by 161 percent to P60.3 billion as of end-September this year, […]