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 […]
October 30, 2021

Semirara Mining income surges 244% to P10.3 B

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 29, 2021, 3:53 PM from Manila Bulletin The astronomical rise in coal prices in the world market has driven the net income of vertically integrated energy firm Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) to […]
November 3, 2020

Numbers Don’t Lie. Meralco Generators Charge LESS When there is no Cross Ownership. Therma Luzon of Aboitiz Should be Generator of the Year 2020!

Part 3 David Celestra Tan, MSK 2 November 2020 Cross ownership between a distribution utility like Meralco and its power generators was supposed to be prohibited by the Epira Law. But the lobbyists succeeded in putting many language loopholes in […]
July 8, 2019

Forced outages of power plants worsened

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 7, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Despite cooler weather temperatures that could help shave off electricity demand, Luzon grid still wobbles at “yellow” to “red alert” conditions due to worsening state of forced […]