January 26, 2024

Power generators asked to explain high level of unscheduled outages

By Sheldeen Joy Talavera – January 24, 2024 | 8:36 pm from Business World BW FILE PHOTO THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said on Wednesday that it has asked some generation companies (GenCos) to explain why their unplanned outages have […]
January 25, 2024

Power producers fined P60m over outages

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 24, 2024, 9:10 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said Wednesday it imposed around P60 million in penalties against generation companies (gencos) for alleged violation of the Reliability Index. It said […]
December 11, 2023

Gov’t urged to develop timeline to retire coal-fired power plants

By Sheldeen Joy Talavera – December 10, 2023 | 8:46 pm from Business World THE GOVERNMENT needs to lay down a timeline for decommissioning or repurposing coal-fired power plants, analysts said. “In a just energy transition, this means that there […]
November 13, 2023

DOE releases guidelines on energy firms’ audit reports

By Alena Mae S. Flores – November 12, 2023, 9:00 pm from manilastandard.net The Department of Energy released a draft circular on the guidelines for the audit and reportorial and remittance obligations of upstream, renewable energy, small scale coal mining, […]