Relevant stakeholders in the power industry are already advancing priority policy proposals and offering help to Energy Secretary-nominee Raphael Perpetuo M. Lotilla, primarily in addressing the recurring dilemma of thinning power supply as well as the country’s energy transition agenda to be...
While the government is pushing for massive-scale green technology installations in the power industry, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that the main segment that will trigger radical spike in the country’s carbon emissions will be the transport sector. As stated in the updated...
Domestic pump prices will have another round of significant rollback next week as global oil prices tumbled below $100 per barrel. Based on the calculation of the oil companies, the price of 92RON gasoline products will be cut by P5.30 to P5.50 per liter while RON95 gasoline will be trimmed by...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, July 14 filed a cyberlibel complaint against former Department of Energy (DOE) secretary Alfonso Cusi at the Valenzuela City Prosecutor’s Office. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian files cyberlibel charges against former Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi at the Valenzuela...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, July 12 said Raphael Lotilla should be allowed to be the Department of Energy (DOE) chief. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Gatchalian, who served as the Senate Committee on Energy during the 18th Congress, said he will file...
Lawyer Raphael Lotilla remains a nominee to head the Department of Energy (DOE) pending clarification and submission of required documents on his employment status, Malacañang said. Atty. Raphael Lotilla Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles reiterated the status of Lotilla's designation as Energy...
Listed firm RASLAG Corporation (ASLAG) is eyeing to fetch higher revenues this year with the commercial operation of its 18.01-megawatt Raslag-3 solar farm project in Pampanga. Based on the company’s forecast, the scale of electricity generation of the new solar plant could reach 13.5-gigawatt...
The Department of Energy (DOE) revealed that the 165-megawatt Casecnan hydropower plant had been on forced shutdown since October last year due to "unresoved issues" with the indigenous peoples (IPs) in its host community in Nueva Ecija. This came to light as the DOE admitted that the facility’s...
Consumers’ pockets can finally gain substantial relief next week, as petroleum products at the pumps will be on massive rollback, according to the oil companies. Based on the industry’s calculations as anchored on the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS), diesel prices will be reduced by as much as...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has directed the officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) to submit a comprehensive report on oil price swings as well as the cost impacts of rising fuel prices to the public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and the agricultural sector as basis for potential...
Yuchengco pursues solar projects By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT After securing relevant permits from the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Yuchengco-led PetroGreen Energy Corporation (PGEC) is now ready to advance to final investment decision...
With no top official in-charge at the Department of Energy (DOE), the Luzon grid was again subjected to "yellow alert" or the lack of power reserves that could potentially plunge the country's main economic center with rotational blackouts. System operator National Grid Corporation of the...