January 4, 2018

DoE warns oil firms against profiteering

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 03, 2018 at 10:41 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department on Wednesday warned oil companies against profiteering from the imposition of the higher excise tax on petroleum products under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and […]
January 3, 2018

Pagbilao Energy set to operate $1-b coal-fired power plant in February

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 02, 2018 at 08:23 pm from manilastandard.net Pagbilao Energy Corp. is set to start the full commercial operations of the $1-billion Pagbilao 3 coal-fired power plant in Quezon province in February, which will add 420 […]
January 3, 2018

Phinma Energy to withdraw lawsuit vs Psalm after Ippa deal terminated

By Lenie Lectura – January 2, 2018 from Business Mirror THE Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corp. and Phinma Energy Corp. have agreed to terminate the Independent Power Producer Administrators (Ippa) agreement for the 40-megawatt (MW) strip of energy of […]
January 2, 2018

ERC faces work paralysis amid revamp

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 1, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The top official of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) raised fears that if drastic revamp will be instituted at the level of the agency’s Commissioners, work and decisions […]