The script for market dynamics will be flipped this April because instead of a rate hike, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is hinting at a rate reduction in the electric bills of its roughly 8.0 million customers within this billing cycle. Meralco Vice President and Head of...
The heat will be turned down on household budgets for their cooking fuel this month, as the price of liquefied petroleum gas will be reduced by P1.00 per kilogram (kg) or equivalent P11.00 for the standard 11-kilogram cylinder, as advised by the industry players. Petron implemented its reduced LPG...
Priority procurement of capacity generated from indigenous Malampaya gas had been directed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in the power purchase agreement (PPA) underwritten by Manila Electric Company (Meralco) with First Gen Corporation of the Lopez group. Owing to that ruling, the...
To guarantee that all players in the flourishing liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry of the country will all play by the same rules, the Department of Energy (DOE) has inked a ‘research study pact’ with the University of the Philippines (UP) on drawing up regulatory toolboxes and standards...
HOUSTON – Japanese firm JERA Co. Inc. has flexed to global energy players and policymakers the ‘portfolio balancing strategy’ of its Philippine partner Aboitiz Power Corporation as the ‘sweet spot’ to their successful business marriage. At the ongoing CERAWeek conference, Aboitiz Power...
HOUSTON – The voracious energy appetite of Asian markets - including developing countries within Southeast Asia - will gobble up liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply between now and onward to 2040, according to Shell CEO Wael Sawan. Speaking at the ongoing CERAWeek by S&P Global here, he...
Malampaya project operator Prime Energy Resources Development B.V. has awarded $69.9 million worth of contract to American firm Noble for the planned drilling of at least three new wells in the aim to reinforce gas production at the depleting field. On the company’s announcement, it indicated...
The pass-on tariff of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will climb by a marginal P0.0229 per kWh in the March billing cycle, and that has been precipitated mainly by the ancillary services (AS) charges of the power system operator. The slight hike in charges will drive up...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Two laborers allegedly died due to gas poisoning in a nine-meter deep well in Barangay Balawag here on Wednesday afternoon, March 6. MAP of Kalinga with Tabuk City highlighted. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, Kalinga police spokesperson, identified the victims as Ernesto Banwa,...
The Senate Committee on Energy is confident that the bill seeking to develop the country’s natural gas industry would not only help enhance the country’s energy security but also increase employment opportunities for Filipinos as well. An LNG cargo arriving at the plant site in...
The power investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will corner the majority stake of more than 40-percent in the $3.3 billion integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) project originally owned and developed by SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. (SMGP) of the San Miguel group. According to...
Cooking fuel will come heavier on the budgets of households this week as the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will go up by P0.27 to P0.30 per kilogram (kg) for the month of March, as announced by the industry players. Leading player Petron Corporation, in particular, implemented LPG price...
