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 […]
May 30, 2017

DOE to launch spot market in Mindanao

By Lenie Lectura – May 29, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a circular declaring the launch of a spot market in Mindanao next month. “It has been signed and published.  The launch is on June 26,” Energy Secretary […]
May 15, 2017

NREB mulls subsidy scheme for ‘stranded’ solar capacity

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 12, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Beyond the regime of feed-in-tariff (FIT) system for emerging renewable energy technologies, the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) asserted that it will be sorting out a new subsidy scheme […]
April 17, 2017

Luzon grid on ‘yellow alerts’ until June

by Myrna Velasco – April 16, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Luzon grid will recurrently be in misery of “yellow alert conditions” or insufficient power reserves and even brownout threats from April until June, according to the modified power supply-demand […]