SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta took issue with what he described as the undue focus given to transmission company National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on the problem of...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) is eyeing Japan as additional export market for beefed up coal output from its Semirara mine in Antique province. SMPC President and Chief Operating Officer Maria Cristina C. Gotianun told reporters that the company had already done trial...
It isn’t a rosy year for Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC), as its first half income suffered 34 percent downswing to P12.6 billion from a record P19.2 billion within the same six-month stretch in 2023 – and that was mainly precipitated by the apparent weakening of coal...
As coal prices in the world market cooled, the net income of Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) dropped 28% to P6.5 billion within first quarter this 2024 from a relatively robust P9.0 billion earnings in the same three-month period last year. “Global coal indices declined due to weak...
With its power generation assets as income driver, this year’s first quarter earnings of Aboitiz Power Corporation jumped by 4.0% to P7.9 billion from year-ago level of P7.5 billion within comparative period in 2023. Without the non-recurring items, the company qualified that its profits would...
The decline in coal prices globally had prompted 30% dip in the net income of Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) to P27.9 billion last year from record-high earnings of P39.9 billion in 2022. According to SMPC President and COO Maria Cristina C. Gotianun, the drop in global...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has simplified the registration process for power companies opting for initial public offering (IPO) and other forms of stock offering that they will be pursuing at the local bourse. According to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), the streamlined...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) has declared record-high special cash dividends of P14.88 billion, based on the approval granted by its board of directors on October 10 this year. The company noted that the special cash dividends will form part of the payout that it has...
Revenue stream from its Dinginin coal-fired power plant had been the main driver of Aboitiz Power Corporation’s income surge to P17.8 billion in the first half, 79 percent jump from P10 billion in a comparative period last year. The income surge was largely boosted during the second quarter...
Senator Raffy Tulfo deplored the sky-high charges of energy generation companies (gencos) despite the drop in prices of coal in the global price index. Compared to other countries in Asia, Philippines has one of the highest electricity costs even though the price of coal imports is all based on the...
In a media briefing last week, Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara said that the Luzon grid could be distressed with 12 incidents of yellow alerts for eight months this year, a condition in the power system entailing insufficiency of power reserves. This forecast is...
Bureaucratic and legislative kinks must be ironed out first before the incoming Marcos administration can allow the 100 percent foreign ownership of power generation ventures in the country. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) President-elect Bongbong Marcos's...
