Senator Loren Legarda on Friday, Aug. 7, confirmed that she took a medical leave earlier this week, amid allegations surrounding her recent travel. Legarda said she filed a formal medical leave covering Aug. 3 to 5 in accordance with Senate rules. “I confirm that I filed a formal medical leave...
The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) urged energy regulators to overhaul electricity billing rules and tighten caps on system losses, warning that high power tariffs continue to erode the country’s economic competitiveness and deter foreign investments. In a set of recommendations...
Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) broke ground on a 41-megawatt-peak solar plant with an integrated battery storage unit in Pampanga, advancing what it describes as the country’s first embedded solar facility with an energy storage system. In a statement, CREC said the project in Magalang,...
The Philippines risks overtaxing its fragile power grid unless regulators move swiftly to manage energy demand from the rapidly expanding data center sector, according to an industry group representing energy efficiency market stakeholders. The Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance (PE2) urged the...
The government has eliminated administrative and regulatory bottlenecks for households and businesses installing small-scale solar panels for self-consumption to accelerate clean energy adoption and lower electricity costs. Under Department Circular No. DC2026-08-0017, signed by Energy Secretary...
Amid its ongoing exploration program, Manuel V. Pangilinan-led PXP Energy Corp. widened its net loss in the first half of the year, weighed down by lower crude prices, reduced production volumes, and elevated financing costs. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Aug. 4, PXP...
Eligible beneficiaries of the government 's Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) Assistance do not need to apply to receive the cash subsidy, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said. DSWD Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Irene Dumlao...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has set a two-year timetable to bring more than six gigawatts (GW) of new power capacity online before the end of the Marcos Jr. administration. In a media briefing on Monday, Aug. 3, Energy Undersecretary Mario Marasigan said the DOE expects more than 5,000 megawatts...
Electricity consumers face higher monthly power bills starting this August after energy regulators granted urgent approval to raise a line-item surcharge that subsidizes renewable power developers. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) issued a provisional authority allowing state-owned National...
ROME (AP) — Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster spewed radiation across Europe and turned Italy off nuclear power, Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government is laying the groundwork to bring it back as the country seeks to improve its energy security. The government is counting on a new...
Consumers and lawmakers cheered the SONA pledge to scrap system loss charges as if Christmas had come early with a gift-wrapped power discount. But electricity has a wicked sense of humor: erase the line item today, and the cost may quietly return tomorrow wearing a different name. After all, no...
PXP Energy Corp., the upstream oil and gas explorer led by billionaire Manuel V. Pangilinan, is seeking foreign partners to help fund and execute energy exploration projects in the Philippines, including a search for naturally occurring hydrogen. In an ambush interview last week, Pangilinan said...
