December 7, 2020

New RE projects to increase electricity bills

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 7, 2020, 6:30 AM from Manila Bulletin While renewable energy (RE) developers are brandishing that their technologies are already the cheapest in the market, the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) ironically dropped the bomb […]
December 7, 2020

PSALM divests 2 real estate assets via negotiated deal

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 6, 2020, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is gaining traction on its divestment of real estate assets, with it successfully clinching buyers for the Loboc […]
December 2, 2020

DOE budget hiked for studies on ‘transition’ technologies

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 2, 2020, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The 2021 budget of the Department of Energy (DOE) has been shored up so it will have leverage to fund studies on technologies that will rev up […]
December 1, 2020

CSP policy revision sets terms on ‘unsolicited proposal’ for power supply deals

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 1, 2020, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The proposed revisions in the competitive selection process (CSP) for power supply agreements (PSAs) set the framework for unsolicited proposals or tenders that distribution utilities (DUs) may […]