April 9, 2024

Japan financing of fossil gas inconsistent with PH clean energy push—think-tank

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 8, 2024, 9:10 pm from manilastandard.net Clean energy think tank Center for Energy, Ecology and Development (CEED) raised concern that the Japanese government is moving in the opposite direction in the Philippines’ transition […]
January 10, 2024

ERC to elevate power rate hike case against SMC, Meralco to Supreme Court

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 9, 2024, 6:00 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission plans to elevate its case to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals sustained with finality its June 2023 decision annulling its […]
January 8, 2024

SMC, Aboitiz Power units submit lowest rates for Meralco supply

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 7, 2024, 8:10 pm from manilastandard.net San Miguel Corp. and Aboitiz Power Corp., through their respective subsidiaries, submitted the lowest offers for Manila Electric Co.’s 1,800- megawatt baseload requirement. This followed the bid […]
December 26, 2023

SMC set to finish 32 battery energy storage systems

By Alena Mae S. Flores – December 24, 2023, 8:40 pm from manilastandard.net San Miguel Global Power Holdings Corp., a unit of San Miguel Corp. (SMC), said it expects to complete 32 battery energy storage systems (BESS) with a combined […]