September 27, 2021

NEA gets P1.8-B electrification budget

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 26, 2021, 7:30 PM from Manila Bulletin Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) got an allocation of P1.8 billion budget only for its electrification mandate, enormously falling short of the P18 billion funding needed to […]
September 25, 2021

Energy dep’t may halt subsidies to remote areas that link to grid

By Angelica Y. Yang – September 23, 2021 | 8:46 pm from Business World THE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) is proposing to halt the Universal Charge for Missionary Electrification (UC-ME) subsidy for remote areas that connect with the main power […]
September 25, 2021

Next Malampaya could be in Mindanao

By Maria Romero – September 24, 2021 01:45 PM from Daily Tribune Amid the impending depletion of the $4.5 billion Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project , authorities are racing against time to develop another natural gas field that can supply […]
September 24, 2021

ERC orders DUs to refund P20B

BY LENIE LECTURA – SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said Thursday that it has so far issued refund orders worth P20 billion from January 2020 to September 2021. “Upon evaluation and verification of the […]