Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) has pledged to protect marine protected areas (MPA) surrounding its coal mines in Semirara Island. The company said it will support the local government of Caluya’s...
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has ordered the redirection of the Agus-Pulangi hydroelectric power plant’s (HEPP) output to the poor areas and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) locations in Mindanao. The Power Sector...
The Department of Energy has called on power and generation companies involved to determine the root cause of the power outage on that occurred in some parts of Metro Manila and nearby...
A 42 percent increase in its nine-month income ending September 2016 was recorded by First Gen Corp. following higher earnings from its renewable energy assets and liquidated damages from the construction delay...
Hi. If you are reading this and you were affected by last night’s unexpected power outage, it’s because of ‘sudden plant outages.’ On Tuesday night, some areas of Rizal, Bulacan, Laguna, Quezon...
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. posted a 91 percent increase in net earnings during the nine-month period on the back of higher marketing margins, lower cost of sales and lower operating costs. In...
A Catholic Bishop has expressed his disappointment with President Rodrigo Duterte’s go-signal in the rehabilitation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). “If it is really from the President, we are saddened...
Hedcor Inc. has inked a power supply deal with the Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative Inc. (BUSECO) that will take effect upon the completion of its 68.8 megawatt (MW) Manolo Fortich hydropower facility...
Off-grid energy company DMCI Power Corp. (DPC) will spend almost a billion pesos to build a 3×6.3 megawatt (MW) bunker-fired power plant in Puerto Princesa City to reduce power interruptions in Palawan’s...
Senator Win Gatchalian opposed the revival of Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) due to the absence of a clear and intensively-researched national nuclear policy. The Senate Chair on the Committee on Energy...
