A unit of SMC Global Power Holdings, San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) power generation company (genco), will be supplying the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) with 170 megawatts (MW) of peaking power after being...
Ayala-led ACEN is adding 837 megawatts (MW) in renewable energy (RE) capacity in Vietnam by acquiring a 49% stake in Solar NT, which is currently constructing nine solar plants in the Southeast...
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has called for the resignation of Sec. Alfonso Cusi and other current officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) for “railroading” the controversial sale of Chevron’s 45% stake in...
The commercial operations of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao has been postponed once again to coincide with the completion of the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP). In a report by...
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it is looking for challengers for several coal blocks in Mindanao under the Philippine Conventional Energy Contracting Program (PCECP). The DOE recently published an invitation...
Should the country decide to tap into nuclear power as a source of energy, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said he’s open to it, but is against the reopening of the controversial 621-megawatt (MW)...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has imposed a Php4.31 million fine on Sem-Calaca Power Corporation (SCPC) after both of its generators exceeded the maximum allowable unplanned outages last year. SCPC, a subsidiary...
Cebu-based Vivant Corporation has named its new President and new CEO. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Friday, the company has appointed Emil Andre Garcia as its new President...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has invited interested power generation companies (gencos) to bid for the grid firm’s ancillary service (AS) or reserve power requirements for the Luzon, Visayas,...
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to take the possibilities of Yellow and Red Alerts being raised over the Luzon Grid sandwiching the week of the presidential...
