With cyclical temperature rise, the operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) is forecasting demand increases during the summer months, primarily around April to May this year. Nevertheless, according to Engineer John Paul Grayda, manager for pricing validation and analysis of...
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is inclined to resolve at the negotiating table the P23.94 billion billing dispute of its subsidiary South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC) with state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) for the 1,200-megawatt...
Customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) can expect financial relief on their electric bills next month, as this is expected to be on downtrend, according to company Vice President and Spokesperson Joe Zaldarriaga. “Based on initial projections, there is a strong likelihood that power rates...
The country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) are prodded to undertake their competitive selection process (CSP) on power supply agreements (PSAs) to guarantee that they will not suffer supply shortages in the immediate term, especially with the portended economic recovery post-pandemic. To ensure...
One generating unit of the 632-megawatt GNPower Mariveles Center Ltd. Co. (GMEC) coal-fired plant of the Aboitiz-Ayala joint venture suffered ‘forced outage’ due to technical glitch in its boiler. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Aboitiz Power Corporation indicated that unit 1...
Garcia-led Vivant Energy Corporation has expanded its power investments in Mindanao, and this was concretized via an equity acquisition in power generation facility owned by Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Vivant stated that, in tandem with its...
As typhoon season has kicked off again this year, the Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking stronger ‘emergency protocols’ that shall be instituted by the power industry, as response to the strike of natural calamities. According to Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi, there is a need among...
Through the mandated appointment of energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) practitioners, the Department of Energy (DOE) will be enforcing stricter compliance to the prescriptions of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Act or Republic Act 11285, primarily across...
It will be another week that will be heavy on consumers’ pockets as the prices of gasoline products will go up by P1.20 per liter; and diesel by P0.95 per liter, based on the pricing adjustment notices sent by the oil companies. Kerosene, which is the other significant fuel commodity for both...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has cemented a policy that it will be enforcing for the designs of “energy efficient buildings” or what could also be classified as “green buildings.” The department said it is laying down the...
The lower-than-reserve price offers in the competitive selection process (CSP) of the 1,800 megawatts power supply agreements (PSAs) for power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will result in cheaper electricity rates for consumers, according to the Department of Energy. Energy...
By procuring clean energy supply from the ‘Cleanergy’ portfolio of Aboitiz Power Corporation, leading green office developer NEO clinched its ‘net zero carbon’ goal; and its buildings bagged 5-star certifications under the “Advancing Net Zero Philippines (ANZ/PH) program”, an entity...
