June 18, 2018

PNOC-EC to extract add’l gas from Malampaya field

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 17, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin State-run Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) is expected to be given a mandate to extract additional 100 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas from the […]
June 18, 2018

Ratification of int’l conventions needed in PH nuclear framework

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 16, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Ratification by the Philippine Congress of at least three international conventions on nuclear power development must come first even before the country could craft and institutionalize its […]
June 16, 2018

DOE enforces last-minute changes in WESM-IMO board selection

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 15, 2018, 11:17 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is seen abandoning earlier plans on the planned shift of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to a truly independent market operator […]
June 16, 2018

Qualified bidders given upper hand on Malaya plant’s sale option

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 15, 2018, 11:16 PM from Manila Bulletin The government is now willing to put into the “qualified bidders’ hand” the fate of the 650-megawatt Malaya thermal plant’s divestment – primarily on the option to […]