The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) have agreed to extend the deadline for the retail competition and open access (RCOA) scheme to next year, Feb. 26, 2017....
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) has pledged to protect marine protected areas (MPA) surrounding its coal mines in Semirara Island. The company said it will support the local government of Caluya’s...
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has ordered the redirection of the Agus-Pulangi hydroelectric power plant’s (HEPP) output to the poor areas and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) locations in Mindanao. The Power Sector...
The Department of Energy has called on power and generation companies involved to determine the root cause of the power outage on that occurred in some parts of Metro Manila and nearby...
Hi. If you are reading this and you were affected by last night’s unexpected power outage, it’s because of ‘sudden plant outages.’ On Tuesday night, some areas of Rizal, Bulacan, Laguna, Quezon...
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. posted a 91 percent increase in net earnings during the nine-month period on the back of higher marketing margins, lower cost of sales and lower operating costs. In...
A Catholic Bishop has expressed his disappointment with President Rodrigo Duterte’s go-signal in the rehabilitation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). “If it is really from the President, we are saddened...
Off-grid energy company DMCI Power Corp. (DPC) will spend almost a billion pesos to build a 3×6.3 megawatt (MW) bunker-fired power plant in Puerto Princesa City to reduce power interruptions in Palawan’s...
Senator Win Gatchalian opposed the revival of Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) due to the absence of a clear and intensively-researched national nuclear policy. The Senate Chair on the Committee on Energy...
The Duterte administration is urged to rethink its plans to revive the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Bataan Power Plant (BNPP) due to dangers wrapped around its possible operation. Akabayan party list representative Tom...
