March 9, 2018

Excess power supply expected to moderate electricity rates

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 08, 2018 at 09:30 pm from manilastandard.net The Philippines is now experiencing an ‘oversupply situation’ in the power sector which is expected to last five to seven years, a top executive of Aboitiz […]
March 6, 2018

Power rates likely to rise again in March on weak peso

By Alena Mae S. Flores – March 05, 2018 at 07:13 pm from manilastandard.net Power rates are expected to go up again in March on weak peso and following the shutdown of more power plants amid rising demand, retailer Manila […]
February 27, 2018

Simultaneous plant outages to bring grid to tight supply

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 26, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With just summer days entering the core, power supply in Luzon had been pulled into breaking point once again due to simultaneous maintenance shutdown as well as […]
February 13, 2018

Power suppliers seek parallel DOE policy on allowing service continuity

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 12, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Retail power suppliers affiliated with the Retail Electricity Suppliers Association Inc. (RESA) are seeking the imprimatur of the Department of Energy (DOE) for a parallel policy issuance […]