While Filipinos are being told to feast on crumbs for a ₱500 noche buena this Christmas, how can anyone expect us to stomach a power capacity addition that will compel consumers to pay a gut-wrenching ₱14 per kWh for offshore wind? This energy source is being served like a luxury entrée to a...
Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen), the generation arm of Manila Electric Co., is finding ways to utilize the power capacity from its planned 1,200-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Quezon province after navigating regulatory and policy hurdles this year. MGen President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel...
The Department of Energy (DOE) appointed Mandy Romero, a 25-year-old solar energy entrepreneur and policy advocate, as its newest assistant secretary, the youngest executive to hold the post in the agency’s history. Romero’s appointment, formalized by an oath taken before Energy Secretary...
The Department of Energy announced nearly one gigawatt of new power capacity has come online to the grid this year, with renewable energy (RE) projects accounting for the majority. In a statement on Thursday, Nov. 27, the DOE reported 956 megawatts (MW) of newly inserted capacity into the national...
With just a month left in 2025, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is moving to wrap up several major pending regulatory cases. In an interview, ERC Chairperson Francis Saturnino Juan listed unresolved matters concerning the grid, transmission, and energy storage systems (ESS). “The major...
The Philippines is at the “right moment” to begin pushing for nuclear energy use amid its aim to achieve energy security and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels like coal, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi made this remark during the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said the agency is ramping up efforts to draft more agreements as private-sector interest in nuclear power surges. In an interview, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said that several companies are awaiting government guidance to pursue nuclear exploration before they can...
ILOILO CITY – A subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) has launched a P17.3-million lighting system for a football field in this city. The Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), a subsidiary of the MGen that operates coal-fired power plants in this city, inaugurated the lighting system of La...
Ramon Ang-led Petron Corp. is moving forward with plans to connect its 184.4-megawatt (MW) Refinery Solid Fuel-Fired Boiler (RSFFB) project to the national grid by developing its own point-to-point facilities. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approved Petron’s application to own and develop...
BELÉM, BRAZIL — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is urging nations with nuclear ambitions to harmonize their regulatory rulebooks, arguing that unified standards are the only way to dismantle mounting barriers that are currently choking the planned mass-scale deployment of Small...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered all distribution utilities (DUs) to suspend power line disconnections until the end of the year, following the devastation wrought by Typhoons “Tino” and “Uwan.” In an advisory, the ERC stated that residential and non-residential customers...
Belem, Brazil — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will host a two-week program at the ongoing COP30 Climate Change Summit to spotlight nuclear energy 's rising global momentum as a cornerstone of the clean energy transition and a critical weapon in the fight against climate...
