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 […]
March 1, 2017

GenCos alarmed by SC’s TRO on power retail competition

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 28, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Power generation companies (GenCos) have been spooked and are seriously alarmed over implications on future investments of the recent temporary restraining order (TRO) from the Supreme Court that […]
March 1, 2017

NPC posts P1.6-B net income in 2016

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 28, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The net income of state-run National Power Corporation (NPC) was still at considerably healthy balance in 2016 at P1.6 billion, although there was a dip from the year-ago […]
February 27, 2017

Meralco cross-subsidization under scrutiny

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 26, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The government policymakers’ lens of scrutiny is now shifting into the alleged cross subsidization between customer-segments that Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has been reportedly engaging in, hence, its […]