February 28, 2018

Meralco core income up 3% to P20.2 billion

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 26, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Generally buoyed by brisk sales, the consolidated core income of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) had climbed 3.0-percent in 2017 to P20.2 billion from the […]
February 27, 2018

Simultaneous plant outages to bring grid to tight supply

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 26, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With just summer days entering the core, power supply in Luzon had been pulled into breaking point once again due to simultaneous maintenance shutdown as well as […]
February 26, 2018

DOE keeps close watch on ‘forced outages’ of power plants

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 25, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With some power plants scheduled for maintenance shutdown during the summer months, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it would need to keep closer watch on […]
February 25, 2018

ERC pares system loss caps for utilities

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 24, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has dangled cost savings to consumers on its new rules to further cut system loss caps for distribution utilities (DUs) over four- […]