A bill intending to accelerate the country’s total electrification is now up for discussion in the bicameral conference committee to iron out details before sending it to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte for signing...
Militant groups are calling on the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) to waive its rate hikes for August and September, saying that the power giant continues to rake in profits even amid the...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is eyeing the conversion of 35 “non-firm” contracts to firm-based arrangements for the provision of reserves or ancillary services (AS) to the power grid,...
Power interruptions are among the usual reasons given behind cheating allegations in elections, but the Department of Energy (DOE) still could not assure that rotating blackouts will not happen during the elections...
Power generation companies (gencos) that caused the Red Alerts and rotational brownouts in Luzon from May 31-June 2 will soon be slapped with penalties, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). At...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is looking to finish the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) within the first quarter of 2022. During the House Committee on Energy’s hearing last week,...
After 18 years of waiting, the country may finally have a standard regulation on the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry as the bicameral conference committee on Tuesday gave its swift approval to...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to come up with a policy on the country’s aging power plants, a factor behind last week’s Red Alerts...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has openly tagged power generation companies (gencos) as the culprits behind last week’s Red Alerts in Luzon with plants went on forced outages beyond the time allowed....
Power consumers in Luzon, including Metro Manila, still have to brace for rotating brownouts this coming week, as the Department of Energy (DOE) warned of Red Alerts until June 10. During the...
