December 7, 2023

DOE promotes climate finance, pushes early phaseout of PH coal power plants

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 6, 2023, 8:55 pm from manilastandard.net The Department of Energy (DOE) said Wednesday climate financing is key to the success of the Philippines’ energy transition even as it encouraged a voluntary early and […]
November 29, 2022

Red alerts tormenting Luzon grid power supply again

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 28, 2022, 1:52 PM from Manila Bulletin From the rotational brownouts on Sunday and the momentary declaration of “red alert” on Monday, Nov. 28, alarm bells are being raised that consumers may need to […]
October 29, 2020

Meralco Customers Getting Hammered by Sweetheart Charging of Power from Partners EGAT of Thailand and San Miguel.

Part 2 David Celestra Tan, MSK 29 October 2020 Meralco’s franchise as our electric service provider requires that they supply us power in the least cost manner. This means the power generation charge that they will pass on to us […]
September 18, 2020

Plant outages, gas restriction cause new spikes in power rates

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 18, 2020, 5:00 AM from Manila Bulletin New wave of power plant outages and the recent gas output restriction at the Malampaya field triggered new round of spikes in prices at the Wholesale Electricity […]