June 22, 2017

Malampaya gas plant in Palawan set for more maintenance shutdown

By Lenie Lectura – June 21, 2017  from Business Mirror THE Malampaya natural- gas facility in Palawan will undergo another maintenance shutdown in July and September this year, but power supply in Luzon will not be affected, the Department of Energy (DOE) […]
April 20, 2017

First Gen gas facilities now exporting power to Luzon grid

By  Lenie Lectura – April 19, 2017 from Business Mirror THE gas plants of First Gen Corp. are now exporting power to the Luzon grid following the restoration of the San Lorenzo Switchyard (SL Switchyard). The switchyard connects First Gen’s  three natural gas-fired […]
April 18, 2017

Luzon power supply back to normal

by Alena Mae S. Flores – April 17, 2017 at 08:01 pm from Manila Standard Today The Energy Department on Monday said power supply in Luzon has returned to normal with the entry of the Malaya thermal power plant in Rizal and some […]
April 18, 2017

More power plants now on-line (DOE admits summer price hikes)

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 17, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) has admitted that summer months will likely drive up electricity rates for power consumers, but earlier forecasts of continued ‘yellow alerts’ had been […]