April 3, 2017

DOE proposes to use ERD funds to avoid passed-on charges to consumers

By Philippine News Agency – April 1, 2017, 5:43 PM from Manila Bulletin Instead of passing on a 19-centavo universal charge on consumers, the Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed to use the Malampaya or Energy Resource Development (ERD) funds to […]
February 14, 2017

Palawan SPUG plants get major boost from NPC

By Lenie Lectura – February 13, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Power Corp. (Napocor) will energize eight new Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG) power plants that will supply electricity to around 6,000 households in Palawan. In a memorandum of agreement […]
February 8, 2017

PSALM chief wants Agus, Pulangi power plants rehabilitated

By  Lenie Lectura – February 7, 2017 from Business Mirror THE chairman of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) wants to rehabilitate the Agus and Pulangi power plant complexes before they are sold to prospective investors. “We have to fix the power-plant […]
February 7, 2017

Power sector mulling over possible privatization of Agus-Pulangi plants

By Lenie Lectura – February 6, 2017 from Business Mirror THE power sector is weighing options on how best to proceed with the privatization of the hydroelectric power plants that are part of the Agus and Pulangi power-plant complexes. The Agus complex has 728 […]