The Department of Energy (DOE) has cemented a partnership with mobility firm Angkas, for the latter to aid in real-time monitoring of fuel prices, so Filipino consumers can be properly apprised on the gasoline stations offering competitive prices and quality services. In a statement to the media,...
Even with little exchange of information, Switzerland sees the Build, Build, Build program of the Duterte administration as a “unique opportunity” to showcase Swiss innovation and possible infrastructure cooperation between Bern and Manila. (via Embassy of Switzerland) Swiss Ambassador Alain...
Don't you wish you knew the pump fuel prices at a specific gasoline station before even going there? (Photo from DOE Facebook page) Motorists will have this convenience soon thanks to a partnership between the Department of Energy (DOE) and motorcycle taxi riding service Angkas. The partnership...
Filipino households will need to tighten their belts further as the price of cooking fuel liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will have a big-time hike of P5.20 per kilogram or P57.20 for the standard 11-kilogram cylinder this month. lpg_petron Industry players also advised on the P2.90 per liter hike on...
The power supply crisis in Luzon has been crucifying the customers of electric cooperatives (ECs) who had to suffer rate spikes of up to P1.30 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in their electric bills. That was based on the pronouncement of the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association Inc....
Owing to its mandate of ensuring sufficient power supply for the country, the Department of Energy (DOE) has directed Hedcor Inc. to continue running the three generating units of its 70-megawatt Bakun hydropower facility in Benguet province. The power plant had been served with cease and desist...
Threat of closure of the three generating units of the 70-megawatt Bakun hydropower facility in Benguet province is seen causing ‘added stress’ on Luzon grid power supply, which is already treading on ‘tight margins’ because of forced outages predicaments of some plants. On that premise,...
The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) is enforcing triggers to potential ‘red flags’ it has been tracking on the operation of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) – be that on unusual price spikes or in cases when capacity being traded would...
It’s a bit of mid-year sting on consumers’ pockets; as gasoline prices will rise by a hefty P1.00 per liter this week; while diesel prices will have upward adjustment of P0.65 per liter. Another fuel commodity kerosene will also have higher prices this week by a scale of P0.70 per liter, as...
Solar Philippines is eyeing to develop a 500-megawatt solar project, which it is lining up to help solve the country’s power supply shortages. The proposed project will be under corporate vehicle Solar Philippines Nueva Ecija Corporation, but there is no definite timeframe given yet on its...
The Department of Energy (DOE has deferred until October this year the targeted auction of 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) capacity to be covered by the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), a mechanism that provides an alternative market to RE investments. “We will have delays, we have...
An independent investigation by the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is being sought on the forced outages of power plants that caused the May 31-June 1 rotating blackouts as well as hikes in electric bills this June. The proposal was put forward by the advocacy group Laban Konsyumer Inc. (LKI);...
