Aboitiz-led Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) is planning a ₱1 billion capital expenditure (CAPEX) budget for next year, a figure that could double to ₱2 billion once its franchise area expands across the Davao Region. Enriczar Tia, DavaoLight president and chief operating officer, said the...
Students and business owners in Barangay Malabog, Davao City are able to progress as accessible electric power finally reaches their homes and establishments. Mitch Balbuena, 14, dreams of being a teacher but initially found it hard to focus on her studies, relying on intermittent power from solar...
Solar-powered school. AboitizPower’s Davao Light and the Aboitiz Foundation installed solar panels with battery storage in Kabangbang Elementary School and other last-mile schools across the Philippines, giving these off-grid sites access to electricity and its benefits. For decades, Sitio...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is optimistic in achieving an era of ample and cheap electricity at reasonable rates now dawns on Davao del Norte and Davao de Oro...
The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (Philreca) has expressed concerns about Senate Bill No. 2888, which could allow Davao Light and Power Company, Inc. (DLPC) to take over the franchise area of the Northern Davao Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Nordeco). In a letter to lawmakers...
DAVAO CITY – A power shortage may happen in Mindanao in five years if no new power plants are constructed to shore up the grid’s supply to meet the growing requirement for electricity, Rodger Velasco, president of Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC), said. Velasco said that the power sector in...
Electrical engineers from Davao Light and Power Co. Inc. (Davao Light), a distribution utility of Aboitiz Power Corp., have been recognized as globally competent professional engineers after they were conferred the title of Association of Southeast Asian Nations Chartered Professional Engineers...
DAVAO CITY – An additional increase in electricity rate may be implemented within the franchise area of the Aboitiz-led Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC) starting this month due to the effect of El the Niño phenomenon. Fermin Edillon, head of the Reputation Enhancement Department of DLPC, said...
The silent surge of electricity will get charged up into the transport fleets of the power distribution business units of Aboitiz Power Corporation, as the conglomerate lines up the electric vehicle (EV) shift of about 400 of its service cars and motorcycles. Anton Mari Perdices, chief operating...
DAVAO CITY – Electricity rates in Davao City have stabilized as coal prices in the world market have decreased, an executive of the Aboitiz-owned Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) said. Rodger S. Velasco, DLPC president and chief operating officer, told Wednesdays Media Forum at Habi at Kape...
DAVAO CITY – The Samal Senior High School in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) became a beneficiary of an Electrical Installation and Maintenance (EIM) laboratory dubbed Project e.Lab donated by Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) subsidiary Davao Light and Power Co. Inc. (Davao Light) and...
Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) subsidiary Davao Light and Power Co. Inc. (Davao Light) continues to encourage education and self-improvement as it undertook efforts to help upskill members of its host community to enable growth and enterprise development. In partnership with the Technical...
