The consolidated net income after tax (NIAT) of Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) nosedived 66-percent to P3.3 billion last year from a robust bottom line outcome of P9.6 billion in 2019. The company attributed the significant income decline to lower energy sales as well as...
Lopez-led Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is scheduling P15 billion worth of bond issuance under its maiden “green bond framework”, of which proceeds will be used to bankroll new renewable energy (RE) projects as well as to refinance loans for existing RE facilities. The company said its...
Top tier incentives, primarily a six-year income tax holiday (ITH), is being sought for energy efficiency projects especially those that shall be undertaken by energy service companies (ESCOs). That has been the call put forward by the Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance (PE2) in its meeting with...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has set P1.8 billion provision for ‘bad debts’ or ‘credit loss’ because of the extended ‘no disconnection’ policy being enforced by the government for consumers that have unpaid bills. “Given that there is an extension on the...
Meralco PowerGen Corporation, the power investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), is seriously weighing options to shift investment plans into setting up liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities instead of the previously blueprinted coal-fired power investments. “We should get into the...
The Tiwi and Makiling-Bahanaw geothermal plants have started supplying the electricity requirements of American financial services company Wells Fargo through the retail electricity supplier (RES) agreement that the parties have entered into. Wells Fargo Philippines, McKinley Hill, Bonifacio Global...
A consortium led by Hong kong-based First Pacific Company Limited of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan has submitted last week its “final non-binding offer” to acquire the 45-percent stake of Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) in the multi-billion dollar Malampaya deep water gas-to-power...
Owing mainly to the coronavirus pandemic-induced sales decline, the core net income of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) went down 9.0-percent to P21.711 billion last year from a robust bottom line outcome of P23.832 billion in 2019. The utility firm’s reported net income suffered an even deeper...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has laid down a policy allowing “one-year banking” of credits that an end-user may claim under the net metering program in the renewable energy (RE) sector. Under the proposed ‘banking of net metering credits’ as institutionalized under DOE Circular No....
The relentless rise in fuel prices will continue this week for all fuel products, including that of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which is the preferred commodity by most Filipino households for cooking. As advised by the oil companies, gasoline prices will increase by P1.00 per liter in this...
At least 13 new customers – mostly buildings and water pumping stations in Metro Manila that include Maynilad Water Services Inc. – have switched electricity suppliers following the threshold lowering of the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) policy by February this year. In a briefing...
Expenses for fuel will take its pinch on consumers’ pockets again this week, with substantial increases calculated across products that are retailed at the pumps due to the continuously rising prices in the world market. Based on estimates of the industry players, gasoline prices will go up by...
