December 20, 2019

NEA seeks ₱1-B aid for power coops

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – December 19, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Government-run agency National Electrification Administration (NEA) is seeking ₱1.0 billion worth of financial assistance that must be funneled to the electric cooperatives wrecked by recent typhoon “Tisoy,” […]
December 18, 2019

Cusi blasts costly RE-FIT in power rates

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – December 17, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Taking aim at the project developers of renewable energy (RE) who lobbied strongly for the feed-in-tariffs (FITs), Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi labeled the subsidy as one […]
December 13, 2019

PSALM tries to collect ₱11.5-B debts of Mindanao coops

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 12, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM), in coordination with the Department of Energy (DOE), is sorting out a strategy to collect ₱11.5 billion worth […]
December 13, 2019

No funding for emergency power restoration

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 12, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin If consumers in typhoon-hit areas have been waiting longer for their power service to be brought back, that is because the emergency funding intended for such lacks […]