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...
Look Ma, No Cables! San Pedro Street corner Pelayo Street after the underground cabling project was completed. Jesse Pizarro Boga, born and raised in Davao City, is a firsthand witness of pre- and post-underground cabling in the King City of the South. "Underground cabling brings a feeling of...
DAVAO CITY – Two persons were killed and two others were injured after they were electrocuted by a fallen power line in Purok 15, Panacan Relocation, Barangay Panacan, here on Good Friday. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-11 (Davao region) identified the fatalities as Renante Alcontin, a resident...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has vetoed the proposed bill that seeks to expand the franchise area of Davao Light and Power Company. JUST IN: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vetoes the bill proposing to expand the franchise of the Davao Light and Power Company "due to, among others, its...
Senator Grace Poe has stressed the importance of improving electricity services and lowering the rates in far-flung areas of Mindanao to pave the way for more investments and businesses in the region. Poe made the pronouncement Wednesday, March 9 as the Senate Committee on Public Services, which...
