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...
The National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) aims to revise the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) as the current targets are not met for the period 2011-2030. “This is a good time to...
Energy Development Co. aims to make geothermal power plants as base load facilities, instead of coal-fired power plants. Base load plants are those that operate 24/7 to provide electricity generation. This is...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi disapproved the planned moratorium or suspension of new coal-fired power plants, which was proposed during the DOE’s budget deliberation before the House Appropriations Committee on...
The Department of Energy is eyeing to get a budget of P2.3 billion for 2020, saying it intends to use up to P500 million of this to fund its continued implementation of...
