February 4, 2019

Razon group eyes Palawan electric cooperative next

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 3, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Billionaire Enrique K. Razon is eyeing Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) as its next business conquest in the power distribution segment of the country’s restructured electricity sector. Razon’s […]
February 3, 2019

ERC steps up on meter-testing facility

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 2, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is reinforcing its meter-testing laboratory for it to gain ISO accreditation that will then give it the leverage to ramp up within […]
January 26, 2019

DOE wants expanded nuclear power body placed under Palace’s watch

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 25, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing for the creation of an expanded inter-agency nuclear power development body that shall be headed by the Office of the […]
January 23, 2019

Electric cooperatives’ sales up 4% in 2018

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 22, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The sales of the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) had been higher by approximately 4.0 percent last year, according to the National Electrification Administration (NEA), the government-run agency […]