October 4, 2017

EO 30 still ‘stuck’ at projects identification and IRR crafting

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 2, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin It is an edict that promises to streamline energy project approvals within 30 days, but almost three months now and counting, Executive Order 30 (EO30) is still stuck […]
October 2, 2017

2 more years of ‘policy uncertainty’ for RE investors

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 2, 2017, 7:20 AM from Manila Bulletin Local and foreign investors have been batting for clarity and certainty on policy issues in the renewable energy (RE) sector, but the Department of Energy (DOE) had […]
September 23, 2017

Mobile power plants offered as ‘brownout solution’ to PH off-grids

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 22, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Suzhou, China – Brownout-stricken “island grids” or off-grid areas of the Philippines can turn to modular or “mobile power plants” as well as digitally enabled smart grids as […]
September 21, 2017

RCOA: The ‘promise and peril’ of electricity consumers’ choice (Second of Two Parts)

by Myrna M. Velasco –  September 20, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The legal skirmish hobbling retail competition in the power sector had been a fodder to the industry’s anguish – affecting not only the electricity suppliers but primarily the […]