SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation (SMCGP), a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, has formally notified Manila Electric Company (Meralco) that it will be terminating its fixed-price power supply agreement (PSA) covering 670 megawatts of supply drawn from the Ilijan gas-fired power plant. As a...
The ball has been tossed into the court of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to secure gas fuel allocation for the offer of San Miguel Corporation to have its 1,200-megawatt Ilijan gas-fired power facility utilized to augment power supply, primarily for the Luzon grid. According...
Stumped by the slow progress of San Miguel Corp.(SMC) in building the vital 1.2-kilometer Connector road linking the eight-kilometer North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to SMC's 18-kilometer Skyway Stage 3, Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) now wants to build the connector road itself while looking for...
SMC Infrastructure on Thursday, December 1, 2022, implemented its “Seamless Southern Tollways” program to eliminate multiple toll stops for northbound and southbound motorists. For years, Southern Luzon-bound motorists stop for toll and encounter traffic buildups at the South Luzon...
SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. (SMCGP), the energy investment arm of San Miguel Corporation, contended that its step to elevate its rate hike case to the Court of Appeals (CA) is a valid legal remedy it can resort to after its petition was junked by the Energy Regulatory Commission. “Going to...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will review the market share limitation of battery energy storage system (BESS) given its current classification as a "generation" capacity based on the prevailing policy by the Department of Energy. ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta said “that’s being...
The P0.30 per kilowatt hour (kWh) joint rate hike application of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and San Miguel Global Power Holdings Corporation (SMCGP) scored initial victory with the 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Court of Appeals (CA) on the verdict handed down by the...
The P23.3 billion NLEX-SLEX Connector road should be operating midway into the first quarter of 2023, according to urban development advocate Atty. Rafael J. dela Torre. The NLEX-SLEX Connector, an eight-kilometer, four-lane, all elevated tollway extending the alignment of the North Luzon...
SMC Infrastructure started issuing toll fee refunds Wednesday, Nov. 23, for all motorists affected by an unexpected disruption of its electronic toll collection (ETC) system last week. The refunds will cover all vehicles that passed through affected tollways, including the South Luzon Expressway...
TIMO Heat Round Students of Philippine Science High School-Southern Mindanao Campus (PSHS-SMC) in Tugbok, Davao pocketed 41 awards during the recently concluded Thailand International Math Olympiad (TIMO) 2022 Heat Round. In a statement, PSHS-SMC said its students garnered five gold, seven silver,...
The San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Infrastructure waived the toll fees for around 84,000 motorists affected by the traffic jams in parts of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), Skyway, NAIAX (NAIA Expressway) and the STAR (Southern Tagalog Arterial Road) Tollway on Thursday, Nov. 17. The SMC...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) conducted an inspection of the P735-billion New Manila International Airport (NMIA) in Bulacan over this weekend. Land development works are now being done at the NMIA’s 1,693-hectare site 35 kilometers north of Metro Manila, according to the DOTr statement...
