August 5, 2024

DOE engaging JICA for inventory of new sites for hydropower projects

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Aug 5, 2024 06:37 AM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE The hydropower site survey is among the strategic partnerships being pursued with the Japanese government on the area of energy cooperation – and that […]
August 5, 2024

DOE seeks WESM guidelines on dispatch synchronization for co-optimized reserve market

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Aug 3, 2024 09:26 AM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE In market co-optimization, the trading of capacity for both energy and ancillary services or reserves can be done together – instead of having them […]
August 5, 2024

Longer delivery timeframes sought for bundled RE-energy storage capacity in GEA

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Aug 3, 2024 10:41 AM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE IRESS plants, in particular, are seen as the tangible solution that could manage the variability of renewables – primarily solar and wind; and that […]
July 31, 2024

ERC lifts reserve market’s settlement suspension

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Jul 30, 2024 05:23 PM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE With the lifting of the settlement suspension, the uncollected amounts during the enforcement of that rule will already be recouped and passed on to […]