November 4, 2020

ECs deploy over 300 line workers on Bicol power restoration

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 3, 2020, 4:53 PM from Manila Bulletin In the spirit of ‘civic unity’ or bayanihan, the country’s electric cooperatives (EC) are deploying hundreds of their workers so electricity service restoration in the typhoon-crumbled provinces […]
November 2, 2020

First Gen to debut small-scale LNG

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 2, 2020, 7:00 AM from Manila Bulletin When its interim import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) will kick off commercial operations in 2022, FGEN LNG Corporation, a subsidiary of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation, […]
November 2, 2020

PNOC-EC coal exploration application passes first hurdle

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 2, 2020, 5:30 AM from Manila Bulletin The application of state-run Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) for two blocks of coal exploration in Mindanao had passed the initial “completeness check” evaluation of the […]
October 31, 2020

‘No disconnection’ policy to save consumers from ‘Christmas brownouts’

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 30, 2020, 1:29 PM from Manila Bulletin Filipino consumers will be spared from worrying over electricity service interruptions or brownouts during the Christmas holidays, as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) formalized its order of […]