The Court of Appeals (CA) has nullified the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) decision to deny the rate hike filed by the San Miguel Corporation (SMC) units and the Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO). ...
The Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED) questioned the Philippine government’s promotion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the solution to the country’s power crisis The statement follows after Atlantic, Gulf...
The Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) has signed another emergency power supply agreement (EPSA) with San Miguel Corporation’s South Premiere Power Corp. for 180 megawatts to address power demand until March 2024. In...
The proposed “fuel swap arrangement” aimed to bring back the 1,200 megawatt (MW) Ilijan power plant to operations cannot be concluded as there was no definitive gas supply from Prime Energy, the...
Power stakeholders are looking at a possible “gas-swapping” arrangement that will result in a gas allocation for the 1,200 megawatt (MW) Ilijan power plant which has been on shutdown since June 2022....
The Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) has announced a Php0.6232 per kilowatt-hour (kwh) increase in electricity rates for the month of January. This is equivalent to a Php 125 increase in a residential...
SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation (SMCGP), the energy arm of San Miguel Corporation, will be terminating its power supply agreement (PSA) with the Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) covering the 670 megawatt (MW)...
The possible termination of the power supply agreements (PSAs) between San Miguel Corp. (SMC) and the Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) after their joint petition for a rate hike was denied should be...
The Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) has entered into emergency power supply agreements (EPSA) and seeking new offers to contract 1,000 megawatts (MW) of capacity in case its power supply agreements (PSA) with...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has rejected the rate hike plea of the San Miguel Corp.’s (SMC) power units and the Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO). “After due deliberation and thorough evaluation of...
