Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is anticipating probable increase in power rates to be passed on to its customers in the January bills. The power firm said there had been lower demand in Luzon grid within December supply month, hence, the fixed cost component in the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has junked the bid for feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentive of energy technologies that shall be harnessed from ocean resources, primarily those leaning on ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) applications. Instead, the regulatory boy had directed the National...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has green-lighted ‘indefinite extension’ on the award of feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentives for run-of-river (ROR) hydropower projects that will be pursued by renewable energy (RE) developers. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi In an advisory issued by Energy Secretary...
Electricity consumers will be greeted with a “Happy New Year rate hike” as they will need to pay more as subsidy to renewable energy (RE) projects via the feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) line item in the electric bills that had been jacked up to P0.0983 per kilowatt hour (kwh), almost double...
It seems the younger generation of moms are out to prove that you can have it all, just like Anne Curtis who posted two outfits of her baring her sculpted just eight months after giving birth to their daughter Dahlia. On her instagram post, she is seen wearing a coral-hued bandeau paired with...
Local firm Solar Philippines is prepping up for its planned initial public offering (IPO) at the local bourse, according to company executives. The firm, which was founded by young businessman Leandro Leviste, has recently tapped power industry hotshot Marty Crotty as its new Chief Executive...
The gnawing coronavirus pandemic we’re wrestling with puts in view the fragility of any country – the crisis stirred up extreme socio-economic conundrum that will push not just government leaders but also the citizens to re-think policies and life choices moving forward. In the Philippines, the...
Photo (clockwise): Host Chiqui Reyes, Sunrise Events General Manager Princess Galura, August Benedicto, Dimity-Lee Duke, Sam Betten and Ani De Leon-Brown in Wednesday’s online press launch of the Alaska Fortified IronKids Keep Fit At Home program. With races rescheduled next year due to the...
