April 17, 2018

Meralco expects 7% sales growth in Q1

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – April 17, 2018 from The Manila Times MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s largest power distribution utility, expects to report 7 percent sales growth for the first quarter of this year from a year ago, […]
April 14, 2018

Harbor Star purchases GenSan solar plants

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – April 14, 2018 from The Manila Times TUGBOAT services provider Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc. (TUGS) has acquired two General Santos City-based solar power firms as part of its diversification into the power business. TUGS […]
April 10, 2018

PH power consumption up nearly 4% last year

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – April 9, 2018 from The Manila Times Electricity consumption in the Philippines increased to 94,370 gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2017, the Department of Energy (DoE) said. In its 2017 Power Statistics report, DoE said the […]
April 2, 2018

EDC sets P4.29-B spending for 2018

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – April 2, 2018 from The Manila Times LOPEZ-LED Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has programmed P4.29 billion in capital expenditures (capex) for this year, with most of the funds to be used for improving the geothermal […]