July 3, 2021

Transparency urged on Shell’s Malampaya stake sale to Udenna

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 2, 2021, 1:03 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) is being urged to exercise ‘utmost transparency’ on its anticipated approval of the 45-percent Malampaya equity divestment of Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. […]
January 5, 2020

Wishlist 2020: No brownouts and end of energy turf wars

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – January 4, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The year 2019 glaringly showed an era of wrong energy forecasts especially during the summer months, indecisions, disagreements and globe-trotting for energy officials while the domestic energy […]
May 18, 2018

PH nuclear legal framework ‘insufficient’

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – May 18, 2018 from The Manila Times THE Philippines has no sufficient legal framework to tap nuclear energy as a power source, a lawmaker said on Thursday. “All the gaps in our nuclear-energy legal framework […]
September 21, 2017

NEA wants electric cooperatives to set up micro grids

by Lenie Lectura – September 19, 2017 from Business Mirror THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) is crafting a policy meant to fast-track the implementation of the country’s rural electrification program. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said his office strongly proposed that all electric cooperatives (ECs) […]