August 26, 2017

PSALM debt down P45 billion, P490 billion more to settle

By Lenie Lectura – August 26, 2017 from Business Mirror The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) has reduced its liabilities by over P45 billion at end-June this year, bringing down the state firm’s obligations to P490 billion. “PSALM financial […]
August 1, 2017

DoE pushes Malampaya funding

by Alena Mae S. Flores – July 31, 2017 at 07:41 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department is still hoping to tap the Malampaya Fund to pay the obligations of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. and avoid future electricity rate increases. […]
January 13, 2017

Cabinet approves Malampaya Fund use to retire power debts

By Myrna M. Velasco –  January 12, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The economic cluster of the Duterte Cabinet has already given the green light for the use of the Malampaya Fund to retire the estimated P245-billion residual liabilities […]
October 22, 2014

DOE’s Power Shortage Prediction Needs to Regain Credibility in a Hurry

By David Celestra Tan 20 October 2014 Despite all the technical and econometric considerations that go into projecting the country’s power demand and supply, it is still in the end not an exact science. There are many assumptions that may […]