October 27, 2017

EICC to fast-track approval of big-ticket energy projects

By Lenie Lectura – October 26, 2017 from Business Mirror In a bid to fully implement a Malacañang-issued policy meant to fast-track the approval of energy projects, the Department of Energy (DOE) moved to designate agency officials to the Energy Investment Coordinating Council […]
October 10, 2017

VisMin power link-up could be EO 30 ‘pilot project’

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 9, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP) is hinted as the ‘pilot project’ that will likely test the viability of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No. 30, or the Malacanang-issued […]
September 4, 2017

DENR shortens duration of ECC approvals for power projects

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 3, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in collaboration with the Department of Energy (DoE), will simplify and shorten the duration of approval processes for the environmental […]
August 29, 2017

DOE sets criteria on ‘energy projects of national significance’

By Myrna M. Velasco – August 26, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) would still need to put in order the criteria for what shall be classified as “energy projects of national significance” (EPNS) under […]