April 18, 2024

Marcos orders DOE to fix outages

By Charles Dantes & Maricel Cruz – April 18, 2024, 1:05 am from manilastandard.net President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. 19 Luzon power plants still operating under capacity President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the Department of Energy (DOE) to closely monitor the country’s […]
April 15, 2024

Solon asks DOE to speed up microgrid plan

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 14, 2024, 8:55 pm from manilastandard.net Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Senator Sherwin Gatchalian asked the Department of Energy over the weekend to fast-track the development of microgrids to meet the country’s goal of total […]
April 4, 2024

Enforce measures to avert expected tight power supply, solon urges DOE

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 3, 2024, 8:25 pm from manilastandard.net Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday asked the Department of Energy (DOE) to implement stop-gap measures to avert the forescasted “yellow alert” in the Luzon […]
March 9, 2024

Gatchalian asks ECs to lower power costs, pushes RE use

By Macon Ramos-Araneta – March 8, 2024, 7:50 pm from manilastandard.net Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged electric cooperatives (ECs) to find ways to lower power costs for the benefit of consumers as he pushed for the development of […]