ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has refunded 20 new customers here, more than a month after it started reimbursing bill deposits. TWENTY new electricity consumers in Iloilo City received a bill deposit refund from MORE Power. (MORE Power) “We implemented this program...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will mete out administrative penalties on transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) if it cannot provide justifiable explanation or grounds why it had been swamped with project delays. “The ERC required the NGCP to explain why it...
Big power consumers, such as commercial and industrial facilities and distribution companies, can experience lower charges from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines by efficiently adjusting their energy usage away from the peak demand period in a given day. Technically termed as...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be reviewing "siting standards" for planned nuclear power facilities in the country according to the new and stricter parameters set forth by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world’s center of cooperation on the nuclear field. “We’ll have...
Residents of Barangay Astorga, Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur hit by flash floods received relief packs from representatives of AboitizPower subsidiaries Hedcor Sibulan Inc. and Therma South Inc. RESIDENTS affected by flash flood in Barangay Astorga, Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur receive relief goods...
The low turnout in the recently-concluded second Green Energy Auction (GEA-2) administered by the Department of Energy (DOE) was largely blamed to the unresolved concern of grid integration of the targeted renewable energy (RE) installations. This was affirmed by Energy Secretary Raphael P.M....
Solana Solar Alpha Inc. (Solana Solar), a subsidiary of Altenergy, has cemented a power supply agreement with Villar-led retail electricity supplier company Kratos RES Inc. Under the agreement, Solana Solar will supply Kratos RES with 10-megawatt and up to 20 MW of clean and renewable power from the...
The second green energy auction (GEA-2) administered by the Department of Energy (DOE) logged a relatively low turnout with bidders subscribing 3,580.76 megawatts only or just roughly 30-percent of the 11,600MW total capacity offered to investors for delivery within 2024-2026 timeframe. Preliminary...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is advancing its plea for regulatory support -- primarily on the removal of caps and for the timely approval of its capital expenditure (capex) program, so it can inject much-needed investments for the massive-scale integration of...
The auction of 11,600 megawatts of RE capacity scheduled this month will prove to be an "acid test" for the accelerated renewable energy (RE) development roadmap designed by the Marcos administration. The Department of Energy (DOE), which will administer the RE capacity tendering for the second...
Listed firm Aboitiz Power Corporation plans to kick off study next year on co-firing ammonia with coal-fed power plants, as a way to pare the carbon intensity of these environment-assaulting power generating assets. “We’re looking at having that [feasibility] study perhaps starting next year....
Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower), through its social development arm, Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (Aboitiz Foundation), responded to calls by the provincial government of Albay to support families affected by the Mayon Volcano unrest. AGO Medical and Educational Center (AMEC) representative Nilo...
