April 22, 2017

Wind farm in Pililla generates power, jobs, and curious tourists

By Reuters – April 20, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Pililla, Rizal– Wind turbines are helping the Philippines diversify its energy sources beyond fossil fuels and generating not only power, but jobs, revenue and interest among thousands of curious tourists. […]
April 21, 2017

Palace asked to step into ERC mess

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 20, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Laoag City – With the  ‘internal conflict” at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) hitting severe proportions, Malacañang is already being asked to “step in” to finally resolve the […]
April 18, 2017

More power plants now on-line (DOE admits summer price hikes)

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 17, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) has admitted that summer months will likely drive up electricity rates for power consumers, but earlier forecasts of continued ‘yellow alerts’ had been […]
April 17, 2017

Luzon grid on ‘yellow alerts’ until June

by Myrna Velasco – April 16, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Luzon grid will recurrently be in misery of “yellow alert conditions” or insufficient power reserves and even brownout threats from April until June, according to the modified power supply-demand […]