The 16th division of the Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the petition of San Miguel Energy Corporation (SMEC) for a temporary restraining order (SMEC) on its supply of 330-megawatt capacity to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) from the Sual coal-fired power plant. With the appellate court’s...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has denied the plea of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), which operates the country's transmission grid, to delay the process of resetting the transmission system rate. The ERC promulgated the denial of NGCP’s motion on Wednesday, Dec. 7,...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has denied the P0.30 per kilowatt hour (kWh) rate hike that had been jointly applied for by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and SMC Global Power Holdings (SMCGP) of the San Miguel group. In a ruling issued by the power industry regulator on Monday, Oct....
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr. “Come lovely and soothing death” Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet “Leaves of Grass” (1900) I missed my mother’s death that Friday by an hour or so. I was at the Philippine Orthopedic Center seeing OPD patients when my sister from the US...