March 4, 2017

Cusi opts for rebid if Malaya plant divestment fails

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 3, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Asset-seller Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is anticipating a “failed bid outcome” on the scheduled privatization of the 650-megawatt Malaya thermal power facility, but this […]
March 3, 2017

TransCo’s Matibag says govt should fund Visayas-Mindanao interconnection project

By Lenie Lectura – March 2, 2017 from Manila Bulletin The National Transmission Corp. (TransCo) wants the P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP) to be shouldered by the government and not power consumers. “I want to look for a way that the cost of […]
March 2, 2017

DOE targets Palawan-Sabah power link-up

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 1, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin On its being fond of “dreaming the impossible dream”, the Department of Energy (DOE) has indicated in a press statement that it is targeting the power interconnection of […]
March 1, 2017

Reverse auction set as alternative in evaluating RE investments

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 27, 2017, 10:04 PM from Manila Bulletin With feed-in-tariff (FIT) already at its dead end for wind and solar technologies, the proposal for the next round of investments on this technology would be to do […]