The depleting Malampaya field has stopped supplying gas to the three gas-fired power plants of First Gen Corporation starting Saturday, September 11, compelling the shift of the electric power generating facilities to more expensive liquid fuels. Malampaya platform photo Sources from First Gen...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to hike the increment of renewable energy (RE) installations under the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) policy by more than double or 2.52 percent by year 2023. DOE Logo Under the original RPS rules, the yearly increment for RE installations had just...
Global oil markets have temporarily calmed down, hence, pump prices in the domestic market will just go up slightly next week, according to industry players. oil pumps photo Based on calculations from last week’s trading outcomes, the price of gasoline will likely rise by P0.25 to P0.35 per...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the creation of the "Task Force on Oxygen Supply". A pair of oxygen tanks. (Photo by Moo Shua/ Unsplash) This was bared by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, Sept. 10 during a virtual...
After massive power interruptions that affected more than 1.5 million Filipino customers as an aftermath of tropical storm Jolina, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi is calling on all power industry players to intensify their preparations and reinforce contingency measures to minimize brownout...
About 50 percent of the total households that were affected by power interruption due to severe tropical storm "Jolina" have already been restored, Department of Energy (DOE) Sec. Alfonso Cusi said on Thursday, Sept. 9. Quoting data from the ground, Cusi said a total of 694,682 or 44.9 percent of...
More than 500,000 customers in Luzon and thousands more of Visayas customers suffered brownouts because of typhoon-induced trippings of transmission lines as well as damages incurred by power facilities. Cusi Photo As of press time, however, the Department of Energy (DOE) was not able to give...
Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi has been sorting out solutions to improve power supply situation in off-grid areas, or those islands that are not physically connected to the main grid. The energy chief said the template solution that the Department of Energy (DOE) has been working on is that on...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has forthrightly stated to Congress that there is no ‘legal deal’ or any form of agreement so far that was reached with China when it comes to join exploration activities for oil and gas at the diplomatically strained West Philippines Sea. “There’s no joint...
The Department of Energy (DOE) disclosed that it already approved the permit-to-construct application of Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company (AG&P), and the agency is eyeing that this will be the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility that will reach commercial operations by second...
Given renewed rally in global oil prices, Filipino consumers will brace again for substantial hike in pump prices in the first round of fuel cost adjustment this month. Based on calculations by oil companies, prices of diesel products could rise by P0.95 to P1.05 per liter, kerosene product prices...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate is not buying the boast of “rosy electric power projection” aired by the Department of Energy, noting that its claims “do not inspire confidence.” ELECTRICITY POWER OUTAGE "The DOE rosy claims do not inspire confidence...
