March 28, 2017

Reserve, incoming projects ease PHL power worries (Part One)

By Lenie Lectura – March 26, 2017 from Business Mirror POWER-industry stakeholders are expecting a brownout-free summer in Luzon for as long as no major power plants conk out simultaneously. According to the Department of Energy (DOE), the optimistic outlook is borne out […]
March 28, 2017

Bidders ‘baffled’ on terms of Malaya LNG conversion

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 27, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Prospective bidders in the privatization of the 650-megawatt Malaya thermal power plant are still baffled as to the definitive terms of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposal for […]
March 27, 2017

SMC’s Limay plant to boost supply for summer months

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 26, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Available power capacity may run tight during the summer months because of the successive maintenance shutdowns of power plants, but the Department of Energy (DOE) is at least […]
March 27, 2017

ERC upholds jurisdiction over energy ‘competition’ cases

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 24, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has upheld jurisdiction over anti-competitive cases that involve players in the restructured electricity sector. This was asserted by the ERC in a […]