Despite a less-than-ideal Christmas and New Year celebrations this year, the Department of Energy (DOE) is trying to compensate that with assurance that the holiday break will not be messed up with power service interruptions. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi (Photo credit: https://www.doe.gov.ph)...
Amid controversies stirred up by the transaction, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it had not seen ‘violation’ in the sale and purchase agreement (SPA) sealed by American firm Chevron Corporation and Udenna Corporation in the 45-percent stake of Malampaya that was unloaded by the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has suspended the issuance of “certificates of energy projects of national significance” (CEPNS) to various projects being proposed by industry players....
The Department of Energy (DOE) is stepping up on the conduct of a feasibility study that will line up hydrogen as “fuel of the future” for the Philippines. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi “I have recently formed a team to study its potential for the local industry given that hydrogen is seen...
Post pandemic energy planning Post Covid-19 pandemic and beyond the stretch of the Duterte administration, the power development planning of the Department of Energy (DOE) had cast an average 7.5-percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth as base scenario in the country’s energy needs for the...
Fr. Alfonso A. Araceli SVD One of the most iconic images attached to the Christmas season is the Santa Claus. A child’s mind is fascinated with a big bearded man wearing a glowing red attire and carrying on his back a sack filled with various gifts. Tradition puts it that every good child...
To ensure that even people who are slow to understand and unwilling to listen will clearly hear it, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi twice stipulated that the Philippines “cannot really get rid of coal” even on its future energy mix onward to 2040. In an updated Philippine Energy Plan (PEP)...
As the Duterte administration inches closer to its tail end stretch, the Department of Energy (DOE) will knock anew on investors’ doors for prospective fresh capital flow to various projects being offered across segments in the energy sector. Coinciding with the celebration of the National Energy...
The Philippines is cementing its two-decade ‘low carbon’ pathway with 34,000 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) installations that shall be integrated into the power mix. At the virtual Southeast Asian Nations Clean Energy Week, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi declared that the country’s...
Despite the Department of Energy’s (DOE) moratorium on new coal projects, it was specified that the coal ventures of state-run Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation will not be covered by that investment prohibition. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi qualified the PNOC-EC...
Filipino consumers will need to brace for increase in diesel prices next week that may range from P0.35 to P0.45 per liter; while kerosene prices may go up from P0.20 to P0.30 per liter. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) For gasoline products, based on the initial calculation of the oil...
Visayan art takes the limelight SEE VISAYAS Ginoe in his 'Public eye' installation, which is inspired by the European art history trope Lover's Eye There is no other sector that can better inspire and articulate optimism than artists. As the Philippines continues to grapple with an ongoing...
