March 9, 2020

Enough power, but brace for brownouts

By Lenie Lectura -March 8, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) has once again allayed fears of yet another looming electricity shortage leading to brownouts this coming dry season, assuring there is stable power supply. There is no need to […]
January 16, 2020

Taal ash fall causes outages in Meralco service areas

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 15, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The ash fall from the erupting Taal Volcano has also cut-off electricity service in areas being served by power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco), primarily those […]
December 10, 2019

Meralco billing higher in Dec. By ₱0.3044/kwh

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 9, 2019, 6:32 PM from Manila Bulletin Electric bills will make a pinch on the budgets of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) customers this month as its rates had been up by ₱0.3044 per kilowatt-hour […]
November 26, 2019

Malaya plant sale fails anew

By Myrn M. Velasco – Updated November 25, 2019, 10:50 AM from Manila Bulletin The roughly two years saga of privatizing the 650-megawatt Malaya thermal power facility still ended in a failure because the offer price of the lone bidder […]