SMC Global Power posts 15% profit decline in 2021
- March 11, 2022
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SMC Global Power Holdings, the country’s second largest power generator, recorded a net income of Php16 billion in 2021, a 15% drop from its Php18.9 billion figure in 2020.
Parent firm San Miguel Corporation (SMC) said that the decline was due to a “contractor compensation for unfulfilled obligations.” The company’s operating income also declined by 14% to Php 31.9 billion from Php36.9 billion previously due to higher power purchase and fuel costs.
Net sales, however, went up 16% to Php133.7 billion last year from Php115 billion the year prior. The co
SMC Global Power is looking to construct a 300-megawatt (MW) liquefied natural gas combined-cycle power plant in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. It also recently challenged the unsolicited offer of Terra Solar – the joint venture of Leandro Leviste’s Solar Philippines and Enrique Razon’s Prime Infra – for the supply of 850MW in mid-merit power to the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO).
Overall, SMC’s net income last year went up by 120% to Php48.2 billion from Php21.9 billion the year prior.