September 20, 2016

Can there Still be A truly competitive CSP with 5 Major IPP’s Partnering with Meralco PowerGen in a Cartel?

David Celestra Tan, MSK Meralco PowerGen’s cartel has currently proposed 4,100mw of coal projects with five (5) major erstwhile independent power generators that on their own also control about another 5,000mw of power plants. That’s 80% already of the country’s […]
September 20, 2016

PEMC data confirms WESM power-rate increase in August

by Lenie Lectura – September 19, 2016 from Business Mirror August power rates at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) shot up following seven instances of yellow alert and three instances of red alert in the supply month, data from the Philippine […]
September 19, 2016

Meralco keeps energy sales forecast unchanged

by Myrna Velasco – September 18, 2016 from Manila Bulletin Even with shifting weather patterns, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has indicated that it is keeping unchanged its energy sales growth forecast at 6.0 percent for this year. In an […]
September 13, 2016

ERC to pursue probe vs ‘erring’ gencos despite August power-rate slash

by Lenie Lectura – September 12, 2016 from Business Mirror TTHE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will pursue its ongoing probe on generation companies (gencos), notwithstanding the power-rate slash during the period within which their power plants went offline last month. […]