A new performance assessment and audit being pushed by the Department of Energy (DOE) will impose penalties on power plants that encounter recurring forced outages. The energy department proposed in a draft...
The Philippines can seize China-owned assets and properties as payback for the P 200 billion worth of damages caused by the Chinese government to Philippine reef ecosystems, said former Foreign Affairs Secretary...
Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) announced today another downward adjustment of power rates, as the overall rate for a typical household decreased by P 0.0216 per kWh, from last month’s P 8.7468 per...
While a number of community quarantines throughout the country have been gradually eased, the battle against the pandemic is still far from over. Hedcor, AboitizPower’s run-of-river hydropower subsidiary, sticks to its commitment...
The Aboitiz Group continues to provide its services through its business units amid the general community quarantine (ECQ) and the modified general quarantine (MGCQ) to ensure the delivery of goods will not...
Consumer and labor groups are planning to sign a manifesto condemning the alleged arbitrary and unreasonable imposition of additional charges by the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19)...
The targeted 250 MW each for hydro and biomass renewable energy (RE) are yet to be completed despite a two year extension of the feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentive scheme. Out of the 250...
Deputy Speaker and Laguna Rep. Dan Fernandez slammed the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for demanding a P3.2 billion increase in its billings for its services this year. During a...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a guideline for energy firms as Metro Manila transitions to general community quarantine (GCQ) this week. The DOE issued an Administrative Order prescribing how the...
Party-list group Bayan Muna has urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to make the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) refund the P108 billion overcharges, over-recoveries, and bill deposits that it collected over the...
