February 17, 2017

‘No need to amend Epira’

By Lenie Lectura – February 16, 2017 from Business Mirror Sixteen years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (Epira) was enacted into law, the Department of Energy (DOE) strongly believes that the law does not need to be […]
February 16, 2017

DOE sees rising power demand for Mindanao from 2021 to 2030

By Lenie Lectura – February 15, 2017 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday said Mindanao would need a total of 3,650 megawatts (MW) of additional power-generating capacity by 2021 to 2030. Based on the agency’s latest data […]
February 16, 2017

Alsons Power strategizing on diesel plants

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 15, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Amid oversupply condition in Mindanao grid, the power group of Alsons Consolidated Resources, Inc. (ACR) is stepping up on cornering contracts for “peaking capacity utilization” of its diesel-fired […]
February 10, 2017

Meralco wants to collect extra P0.30/kWh from March to May

By Lenie Lectura – February 9, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) proposed to collect from its customers an additional P0.30 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in generation charge for three months starting in March. Meralco said it wants to recoup some […]