October 16, 2019

P56-billion PHL’s 1st supercritical coal-fired power plant switches on in Quezon

By Lenie Lectura -October 16, 2019 from Business Mirror MAUBAN, Quezon—San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. (SBPL) inaugurated here the country’s first supercritical coal-fired power plant, providing Luzon 500 megawatts (MW) of additional capacity. The P56.2-billion power plant started commercial operations last […]
October 14, 2019

SBPL’s 500 MW coal-fired plant to switch on Tuesday

By Lenie Lectura -October 14, 2019 from Business Mirror SAN Buenaventura Power Ltd. (SBPL) will “switch on” its 500-megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant in Mauban, Quezon, on Tuesday, injecting the much additional capacity needed in the Luzon grid. SBPL, […]
October 14, 2019

Napocor seeks ERC’s approval to collect P18.5-B UCME in 2020

By Lenie Lectura -October 14, 2019 from Business Mirror THE National Power Corp. (Napocor) is seeking regulators’ approval for the issuance of a provisional authority (PA) to collect from consumers P18.46 billion in basic universal charge for missionary electrification for […]
October 10, 2019

DOE-ERC policy tug-of-war snags approval of Meralco PSAs

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 9, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and its counter-party generation companies (GenCos) in the recently signed power supply agreements (PSAs) are ready to file their joint […]