March 31, 2020

Power producers urged to lower electricity rates

March 29, 2020 | 6:32 pm from Business World The Department of Energy reminded generation companies on March 26 that they cannot shut down their operations despite energy demand falling. — BW FILE PHOTO A CONSUMER GROUP on Saturday urged power […]
March 1, 2020

GenCos, DOE plot strategy on power supply for summer

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – February 29, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The country’s power generation companies (GenCos) are closely coordinating with the Department of Energy (DOE) to address power supply dilemmas during the summer months, including the recurrent […]
July 20, 2019

GenCos urged to offer ‘least cost’ in Meralco supply tendering

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 19, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With several power supply agreements (PSAs) expiring this year, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is soliciting PSA tenders for aggregate capacity of 2,900 megawatts both […]
March 12, 2019

Consumer group calls for price transparency during power alerts

By Victor V. Saulon – March 11, 2019 | 9:57 pm from Business World                 A CONSUMER group has called on the electricity spot market to ensure transparency of prices in order to […]