March 24, 2017

DOE readies IMO transition team for WESM

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 23, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin A transition team is being formed by the Department of Energy (DOE) to finally set to fruition the installation of a private Independent Market Operator (IMO) for the […]
March 21, 2017

ERC grants NGCP P5.5-B capex for 2017

by Myrna M. Velasco – March 20, 2017, 10:22 AM from Manila Bulletin Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) had been provisionally granted lean capital expenditures of P5.5 billion for this year, giving focus only on highly critical […]
March 14, 2017

Global solar cost steeply declining; good news to PH

by Myrna M. Velasco – March 13, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Houston, Texas – The global cost of solar technology on generation pricing perspective already tailed off steeply to $0.03 per kilowatt hour (kwh); and storage costs are also […]
March 10, 2017

194 big customers of Meralco switch power suppliers

by Myrna M. Velasco – March 9, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Of the 431 contestable customers or classified big-ticket customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), about 194 had already exercised their freedom to switch to their preferred retail electricity […]