The Department of Energy expects surge of private sector investment as it rolls out its initial auction for waste-to-energy projects, moving to alleviate an ongoing power crisis that has strained the country’s electrical grid. The bidding round, designated as the sixth Green Energy Auction...
Are you afraid of the dark? Well, that depends on whether we are talking about horror movies or the national power supply! Just when Filipino consumers thought they could finally survive the summer’s rotational blackouts, the international energy market strolled in like a sequel villain,...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas power grid on a six-hour yellow alert on Tuesday, May 19, warning of a potential supply strain due to prolonged outages at three major coal-fired power facilities. The grid operator said in an advisory that the alert will...
Motorists will need to ease up on the gas pedal as gasoline and diesel prices are expected to increase this week amid renewed geopolitical tensions. The Department of Energy (DOE) reported that gasoline prices will increase by ₱1.21 per liter, while diesel will go up by ₱2.82 per liter....
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) annual summer ritual is familiar: it promises that the electricity supply will be “enough and stable,” but the power grid clearly is not getting the memo. After decades of forecasting, energy officials still miss the mark so consistently that it almost feels...
Motorists face a sharp reversal in fuel price trends next week as escalating geopolitical conflict in the Middle East disrupts global crude markets, threatening to end a brief period of relief at the pumps. According to calculations based on the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS) and recent foreign...
Rotating power disruptions are set to return to Luzon and Visayas on Friday, May 15, as the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the two regional grids under yellow and red alert status due to widening supply deficit. The NGCP advised that the Luzon grid will experience yellow...
A pro-solar energy congressman is prodding the government to protect consumers against fly-by-night solar power providers, even as the shift to this particular renewable energy (RE) becomes more palatable to Filipinos. Abra lone district Rep. JB Bernos, a member of the Committee on Appropriations,...
Country’s energy infrastructure is buckling under intensified seasonal demand, with grid operators warning of a second consecutive day of rotating power outages across the country’s two largest island groups. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed both the Luzon and...
During intense deliberations that preceded the 2005 enactment of the Expanded Value Added Tax (E-VAT) Law, which also covered oil and electricity, lawmakers defended the measure as a treasury-tightening mechanism; an unpopular but calculated imposition designed to raise massive revenues so it could...
Aging and inefficient coal-fired power plants across the country may soon face voluntary retirement or repurposing as the government intensifies its shift toward renewable energy (RE). In a statement on Friday, May 8, the Department of Energy (DOE) said that it is conducting a rigorous assessment...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has brushed off the criminal complaint filed against him and five other executives of Solar Para sa Bayan Corporation (SPSB/SPBC), calling it “super duper hina (super duper weak)". "The only information I have is what I got from the media, and...
