January 4, 2019

Energy recommends lifting of ban on West Philippine Sea exploration

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 03, 2019 at 07:35 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department officially recommended to the Department of Foreign Affairs the lifting of the moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea […]
January 3, 2019

SMC-Meralco consortium investing P99b in coal plant

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 02, 2019 at 07:50 pm from manilastandard.net The joint venture of SMC Global Power Holding Corp. and Meralco PowerGen Corp. plans to spend P99 billion to put up a 1,200-megawatt coal project in […]
January 2, 2019

Transco agrees to settle P2-b debt with renewable power plants

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 01, 2019 at 08:40 pm from manilastandard.net State-run National Transmission Corp. said it will pay more than P2 billion worth of feed-in tariffs to renewable energy developers this month. “We have reduced significantly […]
January 2, 2019

Consumers asked to save power this year

By Manila Standard – January 01, 2019 Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi asked consumers to embrace an energy efficient lifestyle this year. Cusi said the department was promoting the ‘Save, Save, Save’ campaign for consumers to save more in 2019. “E-Power […]