Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) The Philippine economy stands to benefit if the franchise of power distribution giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) gets renewed by Congress for another 25 years. Thus, said...
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...
Pangilinan-led SP New Energy Corp (SPNEC) is targeting to conclude sell-down of up to 40% of its shareholdings to foreign firms that will be willing to infuse capital into its 3,500-megawatt Terra Solar power project to be integrated with 4,500-megawatt hours (MWh) of energy storage system....
(Unsplash) Sta. Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez is prodding the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to withhold action on power supply agreements (PSA) between the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and two generating firms pending final...
Sta Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez (Facebook) A vice chairman of the House Committee on Energy is urging the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to elevate to the Supreme Court (SC) the Court of Appeals (CA) decision...
With the heat index continuing to rise in the Philippines, Filipinos have had no choice but to turn to electric fans and air conditioners to cool down. Beating the heat, however, comes with a heavy price. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)...
Consumers will still feel the deepest financial pain triggered by surging electricity rates due to simultaneous plant outages in the past two weeks, but the Department of Energy (DOE) is urging the distribution utilities (DUs) to tap palliative interest-bearing loan from the Land Bank of the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be rescinding its order mandating the conduct of joint competitive selection process (CSP) for the electric cooperatives (ECs) in their aggregated procurement of capacities from gas-fired power facilities. According to Energy Undersecretary Sharon S. Garin,...
With high anticipation that electric bills will drastically spike during the summer months, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) sounded off this early that it will prod the private distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) on staggered billing on the resulting radical rate...
Beginning this month, employees of Nickel Asia Corporation (NAC) can avail themselves of an electronic vehicle shuttle service for free following the partnership between the natural resource development company and Global Electric Transport (GET). The shift to cleaner forms of transport is...
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...
President Marcos wants the Philippines to not only manufacture more electric vehicles (EVs) but lower its production cost so the country can achieve its goal of transforming its public transportation fleets by 2040. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential...
