March 3, 2017

TransCo’s Matibag says govt should fund Visayas-Mindanao interconnection project

By Lenie Lectura – March 2, 2017 from Manila Bulletin The National Transmission Corp. (TransCo) wants the P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP) to be shouldered by the government and not power consumers. “I want to look for a way that the cost of […]
March 2, 2017

DOE targets Palawan-Sabah power link-up

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 1, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin On its being fond of “dreaming the impossible dream”, the Department of Energy (DOE) has indicated in a press statement that it is targeting the power interconnection of […]
March 2, 2017

DOE places Luzon grid on ‘yellow’ alert due to low reserves

By Lenie Lectura – March 1, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Luzon grid was placed on “yellow alert” on Wednesday mainly due to low power reserves brought about by two power plants that suddenly went offline, while some underwent maintenance work. The Department of […]
March 1, 2017

Reverse auction set as alternative in evaluating RE investments

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 27, 2017, 10:04 PM from Manila Bulletin With feed-in-tariff (FIT) already at its dead end for wind and solar technologies, the proposal for the next round of investments on this technology would be to do […]