March 26, 2020

WESM remains in operation

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 25, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Despite ‘state of calamity’ declaration by the Office of the President, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has announced that it will not be suspending the operations of […]
March 25, 2020

SMC unit saves on fuel, assures power supply

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 24, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin SMC Global Power Holdings Corp., the power investment arm of San Miguel Corporation (SMC), opts to save on fuel for its electric generating facilities, yet despite that, […]
March 25, 2020

Electricity prices at the spot market drop almost 40%

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 24, 2020 at 09:15 pm from manilastandard.net The average prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market plunged by almost 40 percent in the first week of the 30-day enhanced community quarantine as power […]
March 24, 2020

As power use dips, plants urged to scale down to save on costs

By Lenie Lectura -March 24, 2020 from Business Mirror WITH the decline in power consumption, particularly in the commercial and industrial sectors, conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) on Monday proposed that power plants scale down their production in order to save on […]