Despite efforts to strengthen the country’s renewable energy portfolio and achieve energy sustainability, the Philippines took a fall in the global energy index by 20 points, dropping to 94th place compared to...
The local government of Catanduanes has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a Singapore technology group to address the province’s problems in waste disposal and energy. Local government officials of the...
Three companies were awarded today with Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) Power Supply Agreements (PSAs) worth a total contract capacity of 1, 200 MW effective on December 26, 2019 for 10 years. PHINMA...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing local government units to create their own energy plans in a bid to boost renewable energy at the local level. “We have been pushing for...
Bayan Muna party-list has filed a petition to the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the execution of the Department of Energy (DOE) circular on conducting the competitive selection process (CSP). The said...
For the fifth consecutive month, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has announced a downward adjustment of P0.5260 per kWh for the month of September. The decrease represents a total downward adjustment of...
AboitizPower subsidiaries have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with their respective host communities regarding the financial benefits of the recipients. This was based on Energy Regulations 1-94 (ER 1-94) allowing direct...
The Philippines’s energy sector is facing the same problem since 1974, according to former deputy director of the Ministry of Energy Dr. Arthur Saldivar-Sali. “In 1986, when I left the government, we...
The Philippines still imports almost half of its energy sources despite its goal to secure energy independence, according to a Department of Energy (DOE) official. DOE Director of Electric Power Industry Management...
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Republic Act No. 11420 which gives the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) a franchise to distribute power in five areas for the next 25 years. This...
