February 19, 2020

Power utilities choose brownouts over high prices

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 18, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin During extremely tight demand months of summer, power utilities indicated that it could be a ‘less evil act’ for them to commit their customers to rolling brownouts, […]
February 19, 2020

DOE intensifies pitch for nuclear power

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – February 18, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Against the backdrop of a threatening power crisis, the Department of Energy (DOE) is intensifying its pitch for nuclear power development as it opines that this is […]
February 18, 2020

WESM Mindanao still faces major challenges

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – Updated February 17, 2020, 1:13 PM from Manila Bulletin The establishment of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao is still enmeshed with challenges, primarily the swelling indebtedness of some electric cooperatives (ECs) and […]
February 18, 2020

ERC rejects FIT-anchored RE pricing

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – Updated February 17, 2020, 11:05 AM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has thumbed down proposals to anchor “green energy pricing” for new renewable energy (RE) projects to the degressed feed-in-tariff (FIT), with […]