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It will be a tightrope walk for sponsors of new power projects, as three new major stumbling blocks are assessed as deterring factor to capital flow for much-needed electric capacity additions in the country. From the lens of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham), Energy...

FPM Power Holdings (Singapore) Ltd., an affiliate of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), will be joining the tender being carried out by the Singaporean government for its planned capacity shoring up to meet future energy demand growth. According to Meralco Chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan, the...

The Department of Energy (DOE) is urging system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to shorten its approval timeline for the system impact study (SIS) on power projects being developed in various parts of the country. According to Energy Undersecretary Sharon S. Garin, the...

By Liezle Basa Iñigo and Patrick Garcia PANGASINANFormer Vice President and UNA senatorial aspirant Jejomar C. Binay urged the government to cut the red tape and streamline the approval process for new power plants to help prevent a return to the crippling power outages in the 1990s. Binay visited...