December 19, 2017

Pending hike on coal tax prompts Meralco unit to eye wind energy

By Lenie Lectura – December 17, 2017 from Business Mirror THE power-generation arm of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is “seriously” looking at venturing into wind energy amid an impending rise in coal taxes. “We’ve been asked to look at wind proposals,” Meralco […]
December 19, 2017

DOE enforces 2 modified schemes of petrol contracting

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 17, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) will be enforcing two modes of contracting under its amended policy on award of petroleum service contracts – to be institutionalized via the […]
December 19, 2017

Meralco unit tapping Irish firm

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 15, 2017 at 07:51 pm from manilastandard.net Meralco PowerGen Corp., the generation unit of Manila Electric Co., is set to finalize an operations and maintenance agreement with ESB International of Ireland for the 1,200-megawatt Atimonan coal-fired […]
December 18, 2017

DOE starts crafting PH nuclear power plans

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 17, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Underpinned by a technical assistance from the Russian Federation State Atomic Energy Cooperation (ROSATOM), the Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is now well on its way into […]