September 26, 2016

Agus, Pulangui expansions boost Mindanao RE capacity

by Myrna Velasco – September 25, 2016 from Manila Bulletin Mindanao is desperately exploring project development pathways that could reverse its carbon footprint-laden coal plant installations, hence, it is now looking at the planned Agus and Pulangui expansion projects for colossal addition […]
September 24, 2016

NGCP cuts frequency of electricity outages

by Myrna Velasco – September 23, 2016 from Manila Bulletin For the seventh straight year, the experienced forced outages of the National Grid Corporation of the Phillippes (NGCP) had been down and allowed it to even exceed performance targets. The company said […]
September 21, 2016

Malampaya shutdown can derail power supply, hike rates

by Myrna Velasco – September 20, 2016 from Manila Bulletin Probabilities of shutdown of the Malampaya gas field operations will not only adversely affect the country’s power supply, but it can also trigger upticks in electricity rates. The latest threat is being […]
August 2, 2016

PSALM’s ‘STRANDED COSTS” –The Just and Equitable Methodology to Spread the Burden and Time to Rethink the Strategic Use of Remaining NPC Assets

David Celestra Tan, MSK 29 July 2016 Electric consumers nationwide are being charged the so-called stranded costs of the privatization and deregulation of the power sector as provided for in the EPIRA Law of 2001. This item in your bill, […]