September 26, 2014

Philippine Star: Senate panel still not convinced on emergency powers

By Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 26, 2014 – 12:00am MANILA, Philippines – The Senate committee on energy is not convinced of the need for President Aquino to exercise emergency powers to address a looming energy shortage next […]
September 25, 2014

Mindanao’s power problem needs a Mindanao solution

First published in Mindanao Examiner, Monday, June 16, 2014 09:58:40 PM Also in Philippine Power Insights blog, July 7, 2014 THE POWER WOES of Mindanao had been taking long to solve because we are trying to force upon them a Luzon solution […]
September 10, 2014

Philippine Star: Phl needs more than 600-MW additional capacity for summer

By Iris C. Gonzales (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 8, 2014 – 12:00am MANILA, Philippines –  The Philippines will need more than 600 megawatts of additional capacity in the summer of next year due to the anticipated El Nino weather […]
September 3, 2014

RAPPLER: Electricity rates to go up P0.5143/kWh due to PSALM suit

originally published on rappler.com, Sept. 03, 2014   MANILA, Philippines – Electricity rates may rise by an additional P0.5143 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) if the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is forced to settle over P60 billion in […]