Foreign investors in the renewable energy (RE) sector, especially those who applied for 100-percent foreign ownership n offshore wind (OSW) service contracts, are facing snag due to the foreshore land lease policy of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). This investment dilemma...
Investors can now expect greater clarity and transparency in the upcoming Green Energy Auction (GEA-3) program, scheduled for November this year, as the Department of Energy (DOE) announced an end to the "tariff guessing game." To provide a more predictable framework, the DOE said it will be issuing...
Motorists using gasoline gasoline fuel will need to beef up their budget as the price of this commodity is expected to rise by P1.35 to P1.65 per liter, based on the calculation by oil companies. For diesel products, the estimated price hike will be leaner at P0.30 to P0.60 per liter, while ...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation and Australian partner Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) have agreed an initial AU$1.0-billion investment for their planned 750-megawatt solar and wind farm with battery storage project in Australia. In a statement, ACEN said that the investment will form part...
Discounted electricity rates are being offered to the country’s 4.2 million marginalized or lifeline consumers within the power usage bracket zero to 100 kilowatt-hours (kWhs). Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara announced that the registration for the discounted rates to the...
Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla is not pleased with the ‘low regulatory ranking’ of the Philippine power industry, pulled down by enforcement of rules and regulations and administrative hurdles that handicapped improvements in the overall performance of the Energy Regulatory Commission...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is establishing legal ground for the targeted revocation of a previous resolution allowing pass-through of the 3.0-percent franchise tax of transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to electricity consumers. “Our legal team is...
From left: SM Prime Energy Consultant, Jaime Patinio; SM Prime Chief Finance Officer, John Nai Peng Ong; SM Prime President, Jeffrey Lim; CREC Chairman, Edgar Saavedra; CREC President & CEO, Oliver Tan; and CREC Sr. Manager Sales & Energy Trading, Jerard Garcia. SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will seek guidance from the Department of Energy (DOE) in setting the price of hydro and geothermal capacities under the green energy auction reserve (GEAR) given the huge cost for these projects. ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta noted of the cost for...
The Board of Investments (BOI) reported that it approved 155 projects with combined investment pledges of P698 billion in the first half this year for a dramatic 203 percent increase versus the P230 billion in the same period in 2022 with renewable energy projects accounting for the bulk of the new...
Thriving green energy developer Citicore Renewable Energy Company (CREC) will be supplying 90 megawatts of solar-generated electricity to the properties of Sy-led SM Prime Holdings. In a statement to the media, CREC indicated that a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the supply arrangement was inked...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is targeting to issue bidding guidelines for the inclusion of renewable energy (RE) projects previously dislodged from the feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentive system in the Green Energy Auction Program (GEAP). In a draft Circular furnished to relevant industry stakeholders,...
