Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will refund P0.05 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in March billing to customers, which accounts for the charges it passed on from the new gas sale and purchase agreement (GSPA) that its power supplier First Gen Corporation had sealed with the Malampaya...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is requiring power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to file a formal application for the pass-on of fuel charges that shall be reckoned from the new gas sale and purchase agreement (GSPA) that First Gen Corporation had signed with the Malampaya...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will refund the ‘generation charge overbilling’ that it has passed on in the February electric bills that had been invoiced by its power suppliers feeding on liquefied natural gas (LNG) as well as components of capacity generated from the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has clearly stipulated that clearance shall be secured first before Manila Electric Company (Meralco) can pass on costs relating to procured supply from plants running on liquefied natural gas (LNG) – and that is primarily applied to its contracted...
Roughly 8.0 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will live through financial torment when they receive their February bills, as the overall rate of the country’s biggest power utility will rise by P0.5738 per kWh. On account of that, Meralco announced that the all-inclusive...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has been in talks with the consortium-members of the Malampaya gas field project on prospects of retaining the oil-linked gas pricing formula in the targeted new gas sale and purchase agreements (GSPAs) that shall be cemented for the 15-year service contract extension...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be issuing amended terms of reference (TOR) for its competitive selection process (CSP) on the targeted 1,800-megawatt capacity procurement that is scheduled for tenders-submission on December 27 this year. In a briefing with reporters,...
The firms comprising the Malampaya consortium are already preparing for fresh round of ‘capital expenditures call’ to bankroll their committed drilling of 2-3 wells as one of the major conditions in their 15-year contract extension, according to Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla. “The...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation has awarded its next cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) delivery to multinational fuel trading firm Trafigura Pte Ltd. Based on the awarded contract, Trafigura will have to supply one cargo LNG with a volume of roughly 154,500 cubic meters (m3) – which will be...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has ordered and deployed personnel to carry out physical inspection of the delayed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facilities, as the snagged kick-off of their commercial operations have been triggering spikes in electricity rates being passed on to consumers....
The targeted mandatory pie for power supply agreements (PSA) anchored on gas-fed power generating facilities will just be confined to gas volumes that will be extracted from the Malampaya field, according to a ranking Department of Energy (DOE) official. Energy Undersecretary Rowena L. Guevara...
State-run Philippine National Oil Company- Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) has indicated to Congress that it is preparing for the drilling of two new wells at the Malampaya gas field in 2025. PNOC-EC Manager for Planning and Budget Department Alexis Dela Torre stated that the consortium-members...
