June 16, 2018

DOE enforces last-minute changes in WESM-IMO board selection

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 15, 2018, 11:17 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is seen abandoning earlier plans on the planned shift of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to a truly independent market operator […]
June 16, 2018

Qualified bidders given upper hand on Malaya plant’s sale option

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 15, 2018, 11:16 PM from Manila Bulletin The government is now willing to put into the “qualified bidders’ hand” the fate of the 650-megawatt Malaya thermal plant’s divestment – primarily on the option to […]
June 16, 2018

ERC allows ‘multiple billing option’ for power retail customers

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 15, 2018, 11:11 PM from Manila Bulletin If contestable customers or those end-users exercising “power of choice” in the retail market would wish so, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is extending them regulatory permission […]
June 15, 2018

Solenergy installs rooftop solar PV system for JTI’s plant in Batangas

By Lenie Lectura – June 14, 2018 from Business Mirror SOLENERGY Systems Inc. has installed a rooftop solar PV system running at 4.77 megawatts peak-energy generation for Japan Tobacco International’s (JTI) new manufacturing plant in Batangas. The solar-power system is […]