December 23, 2016

2 plants in shutdown on Malampaya repair

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 22, 2016, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Two power plants – Quezon Power and Calaca coal-fired generating units – will be under scheduled maintenance shutdown almost parallel to the shutdown of the Malampaya gas […]
December 23, 2016

Malampaya shutdown to hike power cost–D.O.E.

By Lenie Lectura – December 22, 2016 from Business Mirror The 20-day shutdown of the Malampaya gas facility next year will result in an increase of about P1 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in power generation cost, according to the Department […]
December 7, 2016

Energy department to investors: Don’t pull plug on power investments

By Lenie Lectura – December 6, 2016 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday strongly urged the private sector to continue investing in the power sector, stressing the country needs an additional 17,338 megawatts (MW) of power-generation capacity by 2030. […]
May 30, 2015

Gov’t Can Cure Malampaya Disruption of Meralco Rates

David Celestra Tan 26 May 2015 Meralco rates go crazy and shoot up everytime the Malampaya gas supply is interrupted due to maintenance or production problems. And that happens once or twice a year. It is also used by Meralco […]