January 8, 2020

PSALM to privatize Mindanao coal-fed power plant in 2022

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 7, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is scheduling the privatization of the power purchase agreement (PPA) of the 200-megawatt Mindanao coal-fired power project in […]
January 8, 2020

DOE refuses to tie-in license extension with Uy’s Malampaya buy

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 6, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is not inclined to tie-in any decision on the Malampaya license’s extension application to the anticipated entry of Davao businessman Dennis Uy […]
January 7, 2020

NGCP tariffs seen tracking continuous downtrend

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 6, 2020 from Manila Bulletin The pass-on transmission charge of private concessionaire firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) had been on continuous downtrend in several years – reaching a record low of […]
January 5, 2020

Wishlist 2020: No brownouts and end of energy turf wars

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – January 4, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The year 2019 glaringly showed an era of wrong energy forecasts especially during the summer months, indecisions, disagreements and globe-trotting for energy officials while the domestic energy […]