March 27, 2018

Lawmaker seeks ERC rule revisions

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – March 27, 2018 from The Manila Times A lawmaker wants to amend rules on using power generation companies’ (gencos) installed capacity to compute their market share limitations, which the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) sets annually. […]
March 22, 2018

DoE eyes vessels for oil exploration

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – March 22, 2018 from The Manila Times The Department of Energy (DoE) is thinking of using funds from the Malampaya gas facility to buy research vessels to explore possible oil resources in Philippine waters, an […]
March 8, 2018

P750-M emergency fund for co-ops OKd

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – March 8, 2018 from The Manila Times The bicameral conference committee on energy reconciled on Wednesday conflicting provisions of a bill seeking to provide electric cooperatives (ECs) a P750-million emergency and resiliency fund. During a […]
February 21, 2018

10 power projects vie for DOE accreditation

By Lenie Lectura – February 20, 2018 from Business Mirror TEN power projects, including the multibillion peso Visayas-Mindanao Interconnection Project (VMIP), are vying to be declared by the energy department as “Project of National Significance” under Executive Order (EO) 30. EO […]