Listed oil company Petron Corporation has taken the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) to court for “breach of a binding and compulsory sale-leaseback” contracts. Petron has asked for a temporary restraining order...
Customers may end up paying higher power costs as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is unable to process the applications if for new and renewal of licenses of retail electricity supplier (RES)....
BREAKING – The Luzon transmission grid has been placed on red alert today, October 20, after unexpected shutdowns of several plants due to insufficient power supply. According to the National Grid Corporation...
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is eyeing to add 50 to 100 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity in order to meet its renewable energy requirements of its franchise area. This is...
The Department of Energy highlighted the importance of the power industry in the country’s economic development. Without power, there can be no progress and prosperity. It is indispensable to our economic growth...
A South Korean firm is looking to put up a 1,000 megawatt (MW) power plant in Sual, Pangasinan to boost supply in the Luzon grid. Sual Mayor Roberto Arcinue said that the...
The National Transmission Corp (Transco) is eyeing the support of the Department of Energy in securing the World Bank to fund the proposed Visayas and Mindanao interconnection project. In a report by...
Coal has dominated the country’s installed on grid capacity in the first half of 2017, data from the Energy Department said. In a report by the Malaya, coal power dominated the power...
A lawmaker has called on the Congress to expedite their decision on the seven (7) power supply agreements of the Manila Electric Co (Meralco) that are allegedly involved in “midnight deals” with...
The government is looking to rehabilitate the Agus River hydroelectric system in Mindanao through Chinese funding, an official said. In a report by the Inquirer, Department of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III...
