A climate group has called on the present administration to shift to renewable energy (RE) and stop coal dependency in the country. The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) on Wednesday said...
An additional P121.97 billion in annual revenue can be generated from carbon dioxide emitting sectors by imposing carbon tax, the National Tax Research Center (NTRC) said on Thursday. The annual average carbon...
Angat Hydropower Corp. (AHC) and Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-Water) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Dumagats tribe following the consent secured from the indigenous peoples (IPs), the National...
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is seeking the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) approval for an additional 235, 000 smart meters as it expands its prepaid retail electricity service (PRES). Meralco Senior Vice President...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Monday has reminded the public, particularly settlers in urban areas, to respect transmission line safety clearances. “Living underneath our lines is not only...
Philippine firm Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company (AG&P) partnered with South Korean firm GAS Entec to aid the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. AG&P said they “will provide a suite of...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is re-validating submitted reports of power plants on ‘boiler tube leak incidents’ and other glitches that somehow caused rotating brownouts in Luzon. In a hearing by the...
Two more power plants are set to go through maintenance outages this month. Therma South Inc.’s 150-megawatt (MW) unit of its 300-MW Davao baseload power plant began its 17-day outage this week for...
Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV on Wednesday filed a bill seeking to lower power rates by removing value added tax (VAT) from all sales by electric companies and cooperatives. Senate Bill...
World Bank Group member IFC invested $161 Million in three biomass power plants in Negros Occidental with the support from the Canadian government and the Clean Technology Fund. The plants currently being...
