The palace has decided to dismiss the currently suspended Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chairman and CEO Jose Vicente Salazar due to grave misconduct and corruption in the procurement system. The decision stated...
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has announced a slight increase in its power rates for the month of October. An increase of P0.0345 per kilowatt hour will reflect on consumer’s electric bills...
Some Shell gasoline stations will now cater battery charging stations for electric vehicle (EV) users before the end of 2017. The first 10 of the initial 100 stations will be installed by...
A group of climate activists protested against a bank that is financing the Atimonan coal-fired power plant in Atinoman, Quezon and other coal projects . “Coal is not the answer to our...
A government official has called on to use the Malampaya funds to slightly bring down power rates by covering the prospective charges to consumers sought by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities...
Solar energy is the fastest-growing power source in 2016 as it accounted almost two-thirds of the global net new capacity, a report said. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the rise...
A tower of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in North Cotabato was bombed by militants on Tuesday night. This caused a six-hour outage in Central Mindanao. Tower 106, along...
The Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) for Mindanao will be fully operational by the second quarter of 2018, a Department of Energy (DOE) official said. “Our target is by the second half...
ASEAN countries need to double up its power capacity within 20 years in order to meet its demand, a British energy research and consultancy group said. In a report, Wood Mackenzie said...
The Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) has expressed its willingness to become part of the government’s plan to develop an integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub, its top official said. “We indicated with...
