October 21, 2021

Grid operator briefly raises yellow alert warning over Luzon

By Angelica Y. Yang – October 20, 2021 | 8:29 pm from Business World   THE GRID operator issued a yellow alert warning lasting a few hours over the Luzon power grid Wednesday afternoon, after five power plants with a […]
March 12, 2021

Finally, Meralco Completes CSP Of An 1,800MW Power Supply…. But What Devils would be in the Details?

David Celestra Tan, MSk 12 March 2021 After more than a year of trying to hold a CSP bidding that looks competitive and in compliance with the DOE guidelines, Meralco finally completed a bidding with enough participants actually making a […]
March 16, 2019

Elephants in the ERC Room…And a Flying Dumbo (Part 3)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 14 March 2019 Part 3 of 3 In addition to the skeletons in the ERC closets, there are elephants in their regulatory room, including a flying dumbo. These are the seven (7) Meralco midnight contracts totaling […]
February 15, 2019

GNPower plant gets priority status

By Alena Mae S. Flores – February 14, 2019 at 07:55 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department issued a certificate of energy project of national significance to GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co. for the commercial phase of its 1,336-megawatt supercritical coal-fired […]