March 29, 2018

Meralco backs use of Malampaya funds

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 27, 2018 at 07:00 pm from manilastandard.net Manila Electric Co., the biggest retailer of electricity, is backing the government’s plan to use the Malampaya funds to spare end-users from higher rates. Meralco vice […]
March 17, 2018

Napocor building hybrid solar-diesel power plant

By Manila Standard Business – March 16, 2018 at 09:15 pm State-owned National Power Corp. held the groundbreaking ceremony for its first solar photovoltaic–diesel hybrid power plant in Limasawa, Southern Leyte. Napocor awarded the construction contract of the project, costing […]
January 13, 2018

Cusi orders Meralco to explain P0.08 per kWh power rate increase

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 12, 2018 at 07:40 pm from Manilastandard.net Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has asked Manila Electric Co. to explain its computation of a P0.08 per kilowatt-hour increase in electricity rates following the implementation of the […]
January 8, 2018

Alsons urges govt to sell output, not assets, of Mindanao power plants

By Lenie Lectura – January 8, 2018 from Business Mirror AN official of Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc. (ACR) believes the best way to privatize hydroelectric power plants along the Agus and Pulangi Rivers in Mindanao is to sell the power-generating […]