January 22, 2018

TRAIN taxes to hike off-grid power rates by P1.74/kWh

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 21, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Consumers in off-grid areas, including tourism-drawing islands and far-flung areas, will suffer a punitive tariff hike of P1.74 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on the rates to be passed […]
January 21, 2018

NGCP kicks off pre-qualification for contractors of P52-billion VMIP

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 20, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has already kicked off prequalification process on specialty contractors for its P51.696-billion Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project or VMIP. According […]
January 21, 2018

ERC wants in-house ad interim commissioners

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 20, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The tug-of-war as to who will sit as officer-in-charge Commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) continues, as executives of the agency bat for appointments of insiders. […]
January 20, 2018

DOE orders scrutiny of coal contracts of power generators

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 19, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it intends to scrutinize the coal contracts of power producers and establish if there are provisions mandating pass on of […]