Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen), the power generation arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), announced that its subsidiary, PacificLight Power Ltd. (PLP), is on track to begin operations of its additional 100-megawatt Fast Start gas turbine capacity this quarter. MGen stated that PLP is set...
Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Company is gaining a firmer control over SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC) by raising its interest to 50.5 percent with the acquisition of an additional stake worth P7.5 billion from its founder Leandro Leviste. Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen) is buying another...
Tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan is stepping down as President and CEO of SP New Energy Corporation in favor of Emmanuel V. Rubio, who the MVP Group has recently hired to lead Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen) after his retirement as the chief executive of Aboitiz Power Corporation. In a...
Leading player Aboitiz Power Corporation is scheduling the issuance of notice-to-proceed (NTP) for the construction of the next round of 1,000 megawatts (MW) of greenfield solar farm ventures that it is targeting to bring to commercial operations in the next two years. In a briefing with the media,...
A new chapter in the professional métier of industry hotshot Emmanuel “Manny” V. Rubio will be unfolding soon, as whispers are getting louder on his appointment as the next chief executive officer of Meralco PowerGen (MGen), the power generation investment arm of Manila Electric Company...
Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) is selling a 25.01 percent stake in Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower) to JERA Co. Inc., Japan’s largest power producer, for $1.146 billion in cash. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, AEV said the Aboitiz family’s privately held parent company...