Customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) can temporarily heave a sigh of relief because their electric bills this month will have a reduction of P0.1180 per kilowatt hour (kWh). As announced by Meralco, the rate decline resulted in an all-inclusive tariff of P11.3168 per kWh to be reflected...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has secured additional 56 megawatt capacity commitments from Ayala Property Management Corporation (APMC), which will be utilizing its own generating assets for its power needs when necessary. In a statement to the media, Meralco said it has...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) divulged that it received new offers for one-year contract to cover 670 megawatts of capacity that will replace the cheaper fixed price contract of the Ilijan gas-fired power plant of South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC) of the San Miguel...
The energy subsidiaries of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) have terminated two power supply agreements (PSAs) with utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco), crashing hopes of at least 1,800 megawatts in critical power capacity additions by next year until 2025. In an...
Scholarship program for women engineers The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has awarded 18 female college students from different universities with scholarship grants that will help them pursue their dreams of becoming professional electrical engineers. The scholarship will cover the expenses of the...
JG Summit Holdings Inc., the flagship of the Gokongwei Group, has raised P12.38 billion from the sale of 36 million shares of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) through an overnight block trade. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its Board of Directors had approved the...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is accelerating its rollout of electric vehicles (EVs) with additional 69 fleets that will help reinforce the country’s pathway into green mobility. In a statement, Meralco noted that its new EV units comprise of cars, motorcycles, pick-up trucks...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be contracting at least 1,500 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) capacity to form part of its supply portfolio that will be utilized in servicing its more than seven million customers. According to Meralco President and CEO Ray C. Espinosa,...
The recurring gas restriction dilemma of the Malampaya field significantly accounted for the higher electric bills paid for by the customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) this year. Meralco said that of the aggregate P1.04 per kilowatt hour (kWh) rate hikes implemented in series this year, about...
German firm Siemens Energy is projecting that economies in the Asia Pacific region will immensely propel energy demand growth within the stretch of two decades or until year 2040. Brian Byrne, senior vice president of Siemens Energy Asia Pacific Hub, said “Asia Pacific’s growth aspirations will...
Two subsidiary firms of diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) tendered the lowest bid for the competitive selection process (CSP) for the supply of 1,800 MW power capacity to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) over a 20-year year period. The winning SMC companies are...
The local stock market is seen to be weighed down by concern over the impact of the new COVID-19 strain although this may be counterbalanced by excess cash in the system as well as developments overseas. “Next week, we may see sideways movement from the local market with a downward bias. Pandemic...