April 16, 2021

Gov’t bares plan to shut old Mindanao coal power plants

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 15, 2021 at 07:05 pm from manilastandard.net The government plans to acquire coal-fired power plants in Mindanao, especially the older power projects, with the aim of shutting them down once the Agus-Pulangi hydro […]
April 16, 2021

Cusi woos US firms to invest in geothermal, petroleum exploration in PH

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 15, 2021, 2:29 PM from Manila Bulletin After chiding the United States for technically snubbing the Philippines’ offer of energy investments, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi still tugged his way into courting American firms […]
April 15, 2021

RE market operations for off-grid still frozen

By Angelica Y. Yang – April 13, 2021 | 9:52 pm from Business World THE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) said Tuesday that commercial renewable energy (RE) market operations for off-grid areas remain suspended. The renewable energy market allows for the […]
April 14, 2021

Meralco defers disconnection of unpaid accounts until end of April

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 13, 2021 at 08:00 pm from manilastandard.net Manila Electric Co., the biggest retailer of electricity, said Tuesday it is suspending all disconnection activities in its franchise area until April 30 following the government’s […]