MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) has rehabilitated its Molo substation to become more reliable and automated in its energization. The upgrade consisted of a 25/30 megavolt-ampere (MVA) as it replaced old and unreliable equipment like the control system, switchyard, and other...
Ronald ‘Suiee’ Suarez highlights AboitizPower’s sustainability projects and initiatives at the 1st Manila Bulletin Sustainability Focus Session held at the Universtiy of Santo Tomas on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Manila Bulletin) Despite the country's aggressive efforts to go renewable, a...
AboitizPower’s Enerzones supports future electrical engineers. The distribution business group of Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower), in partnership with its subsidiary Subic Enerzone Corporation, inked a memorandum of understanding and agreement with De La Salle Lipa, Batangas to provide...
General view of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottingham, England, Sunday, September 29, 2024. The UK's last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, will close, marking the end of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira) LONDON...
After this week’s first Commission meeting under Officer-in-Charge Chairperson and CEO Jesse Hermogenes Andres, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has agreed to expedite approvals of the certificates of compliance (COCs) or the licenses needed by new power plants to start generating...
The inaugural Manila Bulletin Sustainability Focus Session was held at the University of Santo Tomas on Monday, September 30, 2024, with Makati City Mayor Abby Binay (center) delivering the keynote address. Manila Bulletin President Dr. Emilio C. Yap III (seventh from left) and Manila Bulletin...
The Consunji family’s privately-held investment holding company Dacon Corporation is planning to kick off its P1.94 billion tender offer for the minority shares of Cemex Holdings Philippines Inc. (CHP) next month. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, CHP said it has received a copy...
The Gordian knot of the power sector’s regulatory affairs will be eased as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is already scheduled to resume its formal Commission meeting this Monday (September 30), which will be the first under the supervision of Officer-in-Charge Chairperson and CEO Jesse...
Real estate firm DM Wenceslao Group (DMWAI) has secured power supply for its property development in Paranaque City from MPower, the local retail electricity supplier (RES) subsidiary of power utility giant Manila Electric Company. According to Meralco, the power supply agreement (PSA) signed by...
The Philippine Independent Power Producers Association Inc. (PIPPA) has thumbed down a legislative proposal that will prioritize the use of Malampaya gas on the electricity generation grind of various gas-fed power plants in the country. While there is a high level temptation to prioritize...
A resolution that was crafted during the leadership of suspended Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta is threatening to cripple Officer-in-Charge Jesse Hermogenes T. Andres from performing his function, because he is being prohibited by that supposed rule to call for...
On his first day of office, newly designated Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) officer-in-charge Jesse Hermogenes T. Andres immediately hit the ground running, while also giving commitment that he will uphold “fair, fast and transparent” processes in rule-making as well as in tackling the...
