December 20, 2020

ERC tightens benchmark for power plant outages

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 19, 2020, 7:00 AM from Manila Bulletin As power plant outages have been tormenting consumers not just of brownouts but also of electricity rate spikes, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has tightened the rules […]
December 20, 2020

AC Energy earmarks P10.81 B for solar, wind projects in PH

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 19, 2020, 6:30 AM from Manila Bulletin The energy investment arm of the Ayala group will be injecting additional investments of P10.81 billion for greenfield solar and wind power projects in the Luzon grid. […]
December 18, 2020

NGCP completes Mindanao backbone project

By Lenie Lectura – December 18, 2020 from Business Mirror THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has energized the Toril-Bunawan 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line, the final component of its Mindanao 230 kiloVolt (kV) backbone project. Energization of […]
December 18, 2020

Bidders air concerns on Meralco CSP

By Lenie Lectura – December 18, 2020 from Business Mirror Interested bidders for the upcoming Competitive Selection Process (CSP) to supply the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) 1,800 megawatts (MW) of power convened late Thursday to discuss their concerns. “There were […]