September 18, 2020

Plant outages, gas restriction cause new spikes in power rates

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 18, 2020, 5:00 AM from Manila Bulletin New wave of power plant outages and the recent gas output restriction at the Malampaya field triggered new round of spikes in prices at the Wholesale Electricity […]
November 8, 2019

Iloilo blackout traced to power plant outages

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 7, 2019, 3:51 PM from Manila Bulletin The massive power interruptions that engulfed Iloilo City last week was claimed to have been triggered by shutdown of power plants that were both scheduled and unplanned, […]
May 29, 2019

DoE to Meralco: Put PSAs under bidding

By Jordeene B. Lagare – May 29, 2019 from The Manila Times BATANGAS CITY, Batangas: ENERGY Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Tuesday urged the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to subject its power-supply agreements (PSA) to competitive bidding after the country’s highest […]
May 14, 2019

ERC: Implications of high court’s PSA ruling ‘massive’

By Jordeene B. Lagare – May 11, 2019 from The Manila Times THE Supreme Court’s (SC) recent decision to subject power supply agreements (PSAs) made on or after June 2015 to public bidding presents “massive” implications, the Energy Regulatory Commission […]