January 22, 2018

TRAIN taxes to hike off-grid power rates by P1.74/kWh

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 21, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Consumers in off-grid areas, including tourism-drawing islands and far-flung areas, will suffer a punitive tariff hike of P1.74 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on the rates to be passed […]
June 19, 2017

Shakeup in energy sector: Stakeholders highlight need to keep Epira, with some provisions revised

By Lenie Lectura – June 18, 2017  from Business Mirror Sixteen years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001 was enacted into law, industry stakeholders observed more private-sector involvement in the energy industry, ushering in new power projects that […]
June 6, 2017

ERC extends deadline on PSALM’s UC filing

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 4, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has extended until July 31 this year the deadline for state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) to file its petitions […]
February 14, 2017

Palawan SPUG plants get major boost from NPC

By Lenie Lectura – February 13, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Power Corp. (Napocor) will energize eight new Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG) power plants that will supply electricity to around 6,000 households in Palawan. In a memorandum of agreement […]