July 29, 2017

Cusi installs new 5-man team for WESM management

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 28, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi, who also sits as board chairman of the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC), has installed new transition management team for the Wholesale Electricity […]
July 24, 2017

Aboitiz-led EV seeks P30-billion gov’t subsidy

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 22, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The foray of the Aboitiz group into electric vehicles (EVs) via Singapore-incorporated QEV Technologies will be a “grand plan” of 50,000-EV fleet rollout, but it will also require […]
July 19, 2017

Duterte seeks new guidelines on ECCs for energy projects

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 17, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin President Rodrigo R. Duterte is requiring the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to submit new guidelines on the approval and issuance of environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) […]
July 17, 2017

NREB sets flexibility in RE capacity purchase

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 15, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) is injecting some flexibility in the incremental purchase of renewable energy (RE) capacity that off-taker distribution utilities would have to adhere to […]