April 24, 2018

5 power firms eye seats in WESM

By Myrna M. Velasco – Updated April 23, 2018, 2:59 PM from Manila Bulletin At least five giant power generation companies (GenCos) have nominated their respective representatives in the board of the restructured Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC), the governing […]
April 23, 2018

NGCP given sole mandate on P52-B Vis-Min power link-up

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 21, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin It’s final – that the sole and ultimate mandate to undertake the P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP) will now just be in the court of private concessionaire […]
April 21, 2018

DOE objects to PSALM’s president-in-waiting

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 20, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The choice of the Department of Finance (DOF) for a prospective president of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) reportedly gained objection from the […]
April 20, 2018

Meralco non-committal to ‘Swiss challenge’ plea on supply contracts

By Myrna Velasco – Updated April 19, 2018, 4:17 PM from Manila Bulletin Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi personally made his appeal to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to subject its controversial power supply agreements (PSAs) to a Swiss challenge, but […]