CHORDS Emmanuel V. Rubio, Aboitiz Power Corp. President and CEO. BY EMMANUEL V. RUBIO, ABOITIZ POWER CORP. PRESIDENT AND CEO We recently launched our Electric Vehicle (EV) Fleet Transformation Program, which aims for a 40% EV share of our distribution utilities fleets by 2030, enroute to full...
The proposed splitting of the Manila Electric Company's (Meralco) supposedly expansive franchise is in order, according to Laguna 1st district Rep. Ann Matibag and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro. Santa Rosa lone district Rep. Dan...
Chinese auto brand, BYD, may be new to our market, and is still quite some ways away from breaking into the top 10 brands, but that’s not to say it doesn’t plan on dominating in the near future. Long a leader in electric vehicles in China, BYD has only begun to give Filipinos a taste of how far...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte A group of congressmen are pursuing the regulation of the operation of personal mobility scooters, e-motorcycles, and other electric motor vehicles. For this purpose, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte,...
The 7.8 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will need to cough up higher budget in their electric bills this month, as the company’s overall pass-on tariff went up by P0.2347 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to P12.0545 per kWh from P11.8198 per kWh in the October billing cycle. For...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has prescribed a two-tiered review process before the power supply agreements (PSAs) or contracts underwritten via competitive selection process (CSP) could secure regulatory approval. That has been the main stipulation in the new CSP guidelines that was...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is preparing to deploy at least 300 generator sets (gensets) to avert blackouts or power interruption scenarios that could mar the conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) by the end of this month. On top of that,...
The industrial sector has started showing signs of prospective rebound as the drop on energy sales had already narrowed down to 1.0%, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has noted. Sales to manufacturing facilities and key industries, the power firm said, hovered at 10,570...
In a scathing privilege speech, Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez has accused power distribution giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) of overcharging its 7.6 million customers for the past nine years. Fernandez claimed that Meralco has been...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is scheduled to a sign a ‘nuclear cooperation agreement’ with US firm Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp for the targeted installation of a micro modular reactor (MMR) demonstration project in the Philippines. Meralco Executive Vice President and Chief...
MGen Renewable Energy Inc. (MGreen), the renewable energy investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) ,will be queueing up to P200 billion worth of investments for the gigantic 3,500-megawatt solar farm development that shall be integrated with 4,000-megawatt hours (MWh) of energy storage...
Few may have heard of electric mobility company, NWOW. Yet this brand has been quietly making mobility more accessible to Filipinos for 13 years now. First entering the country in 2010 with its first dealer in Vigan, today, NWOW has a broad nationwide dealer network and is in the process of...
