October 14, 2019

SBPL’s 500 MW coal-fired plant to switch on Tuesday

By Lenie Lectura -October 14, 2019 from Business Mirror SAN Buenaventura Power Ltd. (SBPL) will “switch on” its 500-megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant in Mauban, Quezon, on Tuesday, injecting the much additional capacity needed in the Luzon grid. SBPL, […]
October 14, 2019

Napocor seeks ERC’s approval to collect P18.5-B UCME in 2020

By Lenie Lectura -October 14, 2019 from Business Mirror THE National Power Corp. (Napocor) is seeking regulators’ approval for the issuance of a provisional authority (PA) to collect from consumers P18.46 billion in basic universal charge for missionary electrification for […]
October 11, 2019

Malampaya’s finite bounty spurs hectic race for more renewables, other oil-gas fields

By Lenie Lectura -October 10, 2019 from Business Mirror Malampaya Phases 2 and 3, located some 50 km offshore from Palawan THE Philippines continues to be confronted with energy supply challenges.  But one that has to be dealt with immediately is […]
October 10, 2019

MRC Allied formalizes entry in RE with maiden solar project

By Lenie Lectura -October 10, 2019 from Business Mirror MRC Allied Inc. launched last Tuesday its maiden solar-power project, formalizing its entry in the renewable-energy (RE) space. MRC Allied’s wholly owned subsidiary Menlo Renewable Energy Corp. (MREN) inaugurated its 550kWp […]