November 11, 2020

Meralco, Semirara cancel 700-MW coal plant venture

By Alena Mae S. Flores – November 10, 2020 at 08:10 pm from manilastandard.net Semirara Mining and Power Corp., Meralco Powergen Corp. and St. Raphael Power Generation Corp. terminated their joint venture agreement to construct a 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant […]
November 10, 2020

Meralco announces power rate reduction in November

By Alena Mae S. Flores – November 09, 2020 at 07:45 pm from manilastandard.net Manila Electric Co. said Monday power rates will decrease by P0.0395 per kilowatt-hour in November to P8.5105 per kWh from P8.55 per kWh in October. The […]
November 10, 2020

Typhoon damage to power co-ops hits P369.821M

By Angelica Y. Yang – November 9, 2020 | 7:36 pm from Business World THE estimated cost of damage sustained by electric cooperatives due to Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni) has climbed to P369.821 million, according to the National Electrification […]
November 10, 2020

Plant closures, conversion to gas driving Israel’s planned retirement of coal by 2026

By Angelica Y. Yang – November 8, 2020 | 7:13 pm from Business World ISRAEL’S STRATEGY for ending the use of coal power centers on plant closures and the conversion of others to run on natural gas, an Israeli energy […]