February 10, 2017

Viewpoint: When consumers’ pockets are ‘gouged’ (Solar’s FIT mess)

by Myrna M. Velasco – February 9, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin (First of two parts) Manipulation is the new world order – well, savagely! It is quite tragic that this appears to be a “gouging game” even in the […]
February 7, 2017

Sual plant suffers outage, but cloudy weather saves Luzon grid

by Myrna M. Velasco – February 6, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The 600-megawatt generating unit 1 of the Sual coal-fired power facility suffered forced outage early morning on Monday (February 6), but the system held without any declaration of […]
February 6, 2017

Probe on solar subsidies pushed

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 5, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy wants an extensive investigation on the alleged improprieties committed in the validation and award of feed-in-tariff (FIT) subsidies in some […]
February 6, 2017

Mandatory RCOA is on this month

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 5, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The long-wished for “freedom of choice” will finally put electricity consumers at the head of the table when it comes to their preferred power supply contracting befitting their […]