October 17, 2017

DOE pushes ‘aggregation level’ in power retail competition

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 16, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Aggregation at 500 kilowatts (kW) consumption level, that may include households within contiguous or adjacent areas, would already be the next phase of electricity retail competition and open […]
October 13, 2017

NGCP targets Mindanao grid reinforcement by 2019

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 12, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Following last weekend’s partial blackout in Mindanao, the country’s power system operator has announced that it will be completing reinforcement at the grid by the first quarter of […]
October 12, 2017

Saudi, other foreign firms set tenders on AES asset sale

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 11, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Saudi Arabian company ACWA Power is reportedly among the prospective investors that had put an offer into the targeted divestment of the Philippine assets of American firm AES […]
October 10, 2017

VisMin power link-up could be EO 30 ‘pilot project’

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 9, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP) is hinted as the ‘pilot project’ that will likely test the viability of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No. 30, or the Malacanang-issued […]