Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation has paid Php1.7 billion or nearly half of its Php3.49 billion in back taxes to the Bureau of Customs (BOC), according to Finance Sec. Carlos Dominguez III. The...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be including its assessment of the widespread damage left by Typhoon Odette to the country’s energy sector in the review of the Energy Resiliency Policy. At...
At least two linemen lost their lives while trying to help restore power in the regions devastated by Typhoon Odette. Negros Oriental II Electric Cooperative (NORECO II) employee Ronald Gallarde was part of...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has given the go-signal for the commercial operation of the GNPower Dinginin supercritical coal-fired power plant’s 668-megawatt (MW) Unit 1. This comes as the commission granted a...
A power barge will be sent to Bohol to help restore electricity in the province in the wake of Typhoon Odette’s onslaught, according to the Department of Energy (DOE). Speaking to reporters...
Business tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan and the Department of Energy (DOE) say they are amenable to calls for the placement of electric cables underground in the wake of the widespread damage brought...
Just over a week after its public listing, Solar Philippines Nueva Ecija Corporation (SPNEC) said it has begun construction works on its 500-megawatt (MW) “solar ranch” project in Peñaranda town. The project,...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has suspended the implementation of the biofuel blend requirement for gasoline and diesel in provinces hit by Typhoon Odette to expedite the delivery of fuel supplies to...
The restoration of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) special transmission towers (photo above) in Bohol is expected to be an “engineering challenge,” according to officials. Tower 39, located on...
Damage to electric cooperatives’ (ECs) facilities in areas hit by Typhoon Odette in Visayas and Mindanao currently stand at Php1.12 billion, according to the National Electrification Administration (NEA). At a news conference...
