June 22, 2020

Fact-Checking Meralco’s Generation Rate. Rates Should be Lower, and Would be Even Lower if QPL Mauban is Made Reasonable.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 21 June 2020 Meralco’s public relations trumpets are blaring that their power rates are lower in June and that it is the 3rd straight month of rate reduction. Should consumers be consoled as Meralco obviously wants […]
November 30, 2019

Power plant woes trim 5,000 MW off Luzon

By Lenie Lectura -November 29, 2019 from Business Mirror A lineman from Meralco checks on electric cables in San Andres, Manila, in this BusinessMirror file photo. OVER 5,000 megawatts (MW) was shaved off from the Luzon grid Thursday because a […]
October 16, 2019

P56-billion PHL’s 1st supercritical coal-fired power plant switches on in Quezon

By Lenie Lectura -October 16, 2019 from Business Mirror MAUBAN, Quezon—San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. (SBPL) inaugurated here the country’s first supercritical coal-fired power plant, providing Luzon 500 megawatts (MW) of additional capacity. The P56.2-billion power plant started commercial operations last […]
October 14, 2019

SBPL’s 500 MW coal-fired plant to switch on Tuesday

By Lenie Lectura -October 14, 2019 from Business Mirror SAN Buenaventura Power Ltd. (SBPL) will “switch on” its 500-megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant in Mauban, Quezon, on Tuesday, injecting the much additional capacity needed in the Luzon grid. SBPL, […]