It was another round of ‘madness’ for millions of Filipino consumers before the strike of midnight on Thursday (May 23), as most parts of Luzon grid had been tormented with one to 1.5-hour rotational brownouts. In the franchise area of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) alone, more than 487,000...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, May 24 took the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to task in penalizing power-generating plants that may have breached their reliability index. Gatchalian’s call came in the face of looming rotating power outages,...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here is asking the Department of Energy (DOE) for a price cap amid the increasing power rates. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) "I have just asked DOE Undersecretary (Sharon) Garin if we can trigger the provision of the Energy Regulatory...
The heightened interest of the Philippines on nuclear energy as part of its long-term energy solution has so far been whipping up the curiosity of neighbors in the Southeast Asian region to also weigh in this technology into their energy mix. During the Indo-Pacific Business Forum, Energy Secretary...
Importation reliance and minimized shock price vulnerability are expected as the biofuel blend is set to increase this year, according to the Department of Energy (DOE). Michael Sinocruz, DOE Director for Energy Policy and Planning explained that because biofuel is locally produced, the country...
Taking a pitch on prospective reduction of dependence on imported fuels, the Department of Energy (DOE) has approved progressive increase in coco methyl ester (CME) blend for diesel products – starting at 3.0% by October this year from currently at 2.0%. Additionally, the DOE has given go-signal...
Being the pioneer at protecting and preserving Verde Island Passage (VIP) for roughly two decades already, the work and initiatives of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation and ABS-CBN Foundation will serve as the foundation for ‘scalable solutions’ to be pursued at that marine protected area (MPA)...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has acknowledged that there would be ‘major environmental concerns’ that have to be seriously scrutinized and weighed on proposed energy projects that will traverse some stretch of the Verde Island Passage – not just with offshore wind farm developments, but...
Consumers will be greeted with a ‘mixed bag’ of price adjustments at the pumps next week, with rollback for gasoline and diesel prices seen to be on continued track, but kerosene prices will have slight upward adjustment. Based on the calculation of the oil companies, the price of gasoline...
The consumption of biofuel in the Philippines is expected to increase this year due to a rise in fuel pool and the expected adoption of higher blending standards, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said. The USDA projected that the demand for fuel ethanol in the country would rise by eight...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is counting on the commercial fruition of roughly 13,000 megawatts (MW) of committed power projects for the country to ultimately get out from the ‘wobbly state’ of its electricity supply. As explained, committed capacity would refer to projects that are already...
Many offshore wind investors may end up abandoning their proposed projects as both government and private sector advocates have been intensifying calls and activities for reinforced protection of the Verde Island Passage (VIP). A highly placed source indicated that a multinational company along...
