THE Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) has sent a team of line crews and equipment to assist and expedite the repair of power infrastructures damaged by Super Typhoon Rolly in Catanduanes. A 48-man...
Total E&P Philippines B.V. and foreign partner Jadestone Energy have voluntarily terminated their engagement with Service Contract (SC) 56, or their exploration venture in the Sulu Sea. Total, which operates SC 56,...
Total Eren, an independent power producer (IPP) and joint venture between Paris-based Total and EREN Renewable Energy, is making its debut in the Philippine renewable energy market by partnering with local RE...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has received 1,025 proposals for renewable energy (RE) projects as of end-September this year, yielding up to 30,597 megawatts (MW) of added power capacity for the Philippines...
Linemen from Aboitiz subsidiary Visayan Electric Comapny, the country’s second-largest power distributor, have been working in the past week to help restore power in Albay, which bore the brunt of Typhoon Quinta...
Energy Sec. Alfonso Cusi said that the building of an “upstream” dam along the Magat River before the existing Magat Dam would be a solution to the perennial flooding problem in Cagayan...
Customers of the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) may look forward to some relief, as the country’s largest power distribution firm indicated extending “payment leeways” on their electric bills. No date has been...
The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) has spent Php10.9 billion in capital expenditures (capex) in the first three quarters of the year, spurred by the easing of quarantine restrictions due to the COVID-19...
Cause-oriented group Infrawatch PH wants the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR), as well as the National Irrigation Authority (NIA), to be held liable for the release of water from dams in Luzon in...
Energy Sec. Alfonso Cusi defended the $50 million capital requirement for foreign companies entering the country’s geothermal sector, which was deemed to be “negligible.” Cusi pointed out that $50 million has been the amount...
