Panay Energy Development Corporation (PEDC), a subsidiary of Global Business Power Corporation (GBP), was bestowed highest compliance rating among coal-fired power plants in the country, on its adherence to the rules being enforced by the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market. The company, in a...
In a series of real estate divestments, state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is scheduling sometime this month on the auction block a prime property in Mexico, Pampanga. The company said it is eyeing to fetch P803.151 million from that asset sale, which spans...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is currently reviewing and processing at least 39 new projects that have applied for certificates of energy projects of national significance (CEPNS) so they can be extended streamlined processes in their permitting and licensing requirements....
For rural electrification Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) is supporting the move of some legislators who are seeking the reinstatement of P9.0 billion allocation for the country’s electrification program. It was the ‘power bloc’ in the House of Representatives...
The country’s Malampaya field logged its all-time high gas production at 155.495 billion standard cubic feet (scf) last year, according to data from the Department of Energy. The Malampaya gas field uses an innovative and sustainable deepwater technology for recovering natural gas from the...
(MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Filipino households will need to spend more on their cooking fuel budget this month as the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) had been up by P1.00 per kilogram or an equivalent P11.00 for the standard tank. The products of industry players -- Petron Corporation for...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is scheduled to issue an advisory or order that will direct power utilities, like the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), to extend for at least 30 days the bill payments of customers in line with the prescription of Republic Act 11494 or the Bayanihan Act-2....
Ayala-owned firm AC Energy Inc. and its partner UPC Renewables had engaged Spanish firm Elecnor S.A. to be the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor of their 720-megawatt (ac) New England solar farm project, which is touted to be Australia’s biggest hybrid solar-battery...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has been swamped with solar project applications that will yield capacity installations of more than 13,217 megawatts, according to documents culled from the agency. As of June this year, energy department data showed that the array of solar projects proposed by...
The price of gasoline products at the pumps will go up by P0.20 per liter starting this morning; and diesel by P0.05 per liter, according to the advisories sent by the oil companies. The other key fuel commodity kerosene will also be increased by P0.45 per liter; and it will have the biggest...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing for revisions in the guidelines that must be followed by power plant owners and operators so they can prospectively limit the testing and commissioning of their facilities within a two-month span – a phase that the electric generating units would have to...
Businessman Dennis Uy has formally indicated that his company Udenna Corporation, along with state-run Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) would be interested to acquire the 45-percent stake being unloaded by Shell Philippine Exploration B.V. (SPEX) in the...
