The electric bills to be dispatched by power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and other power utilities will practically be knocking on forbidden doors this May – but consumers will have no choice but to finally face the ‘fear factor’ of soaring expenses for electricity...
The coal moratorium enforced in 2020 which sculpted the entry of more renewable energy (RE) investments remains as a non-negotiable policy stance to former Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi if he will have his way, because that had drawn the line in the sand for the country’s greener future. In a...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered suspension of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) - but only after two weeks from the incursion of yellow and red alerts in the Luzon and Visayas grids, hence, consumers are being warned of forthcoming bill shocks. Referencing on data...
The sudden forced outages at the units 1 and 2 generating units of the Kalayan hydropower plant in Laguna past 4:00pm on Tuesday served as the final trigger to the rotational brownouts that had been scheduled in some provinces in the Luzon grid. By 4:15pm, system operator National Grid Corporation...
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...