The Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday assured it is investigating if there is indeed possible collusion among power distribution firms to ascertain if this is the cause of the recent rotational brownouts that occurred in Luzon. DOE chief Alfonso Cusi told the Senate Energy Committee the agency...
The Philippine Institute of Petroleum (PIP), an organization of of major oil industry players, are throwing support to the decision of the Department of Energy (DOE) to review the technical and safety policies for small retail outlets that are serving marginalized areas, primarily the market...
Lopez-led Energy Development Corporation (EDC) will be injecting fresh investment of P7.0 billion for a 29-megawatt expansion project at its Bacon-Manito (BacMan) geothermal power facility in the Bicol region. The Palayan binary power facility’s advancement to construction officially broke ground...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has notified Manila Electric Company (Meralco) for the utility firm to explain the ‘pricing justification’ of its interim power supply agreement (IPSA) for up to 260-megawatt emergency procurement of power capacity from the Masinloc coal-fired plant. According to...
Like human workforce, technologies like power generating facilities also deserve ‘retirement’ days, hence, the Department of Energy (DOE) is being prodded to look into this policy consideration on its energy planning task, so consumers won’t be perennially saddled with brownout due to...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Senate to probe the failure of the government to bring down the cost of electricity rates in the country 20 years after the enactment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or the EPIRA Law. In filing Senate Resolution No. 746, Hontiveros said it is...
The pockets of Filipino consumers will be burdened with higher prices again at the petroleum pumps this week; as based on upward adjustments announced by the oil companies. In pricing notices sent to the media and the Department of Energy, the oil firms indicated that diesel prices will go up by...
The Philippines could generate yearly savings of up to P390 billion, or roughly $9.8 billion, from fuel consumption if millions of Filipinos would opt for a shift to electric vehicles. That has been the assumption presented by Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian, as his...
ERC hints ‘pricing play’ The country’s giant power firms have been tagged as the culprits in last week’s rotational brownouts with “forced outages’ of their power plants going beyond the time allowance prescribed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). In a Congressional hearing on...
The Department of Energy (DOE), headed by Secretary Alfonso Cusi, should own up and take responsibility for the power outages happening in Luzon and Metro Manila, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian said the agency must accept accountability, since it is mainly responsible for implementing...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday thumbed down proposals for an emergency power for government to address an energy crisis being experienced in Luzon this summer, saying this could only become a source of corruption. “Ako hindi ko susuportahan ang emergency powers. Dahil ang emergency powers...
Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM) President Angelo Palmones has faulted energy authorities for their lack of foresight and action regarding nuclear-based power generation, which could have helped avoid the recent spate of "red alert" status in the Luzon...
