Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be accelerating its fleet electrification to 25-percent by the turn of the decade, and this is a way for it to help speed up the country’s overall bid for electric mobility. Ferdinand O. Geluz, first vice president and chief commercial...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has formally launched its scholarship program for students and professionals who will be pursuing graduate studies or mid-career academic degrees in nuclear engineering at top-tier universities and institutions overseas. The scholarship program,...
Meralco Power Academy is hosting the first ever Giga Summit on Sustainable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Future Grid. Scheduled to take place from September 11 to 13 at The Fifth at Rockwell in Makati City, the 3-day event aims to foster knowledge exchange among industry leaders, policymakers, and...
More than 7.0 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will experience squeeze in their household budgets as the electricity tariff of the power utility will rise by P0.5006 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in its September billing cycle. The rate hike will drive up Meralco’s overall...
Joe Zaldarriaga, the Vice President and Head of Corporate Communications at Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), has been announced as one of the guest speakers at the 30th National Public Relations Congress organized by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP). The event, known as GNOMON,...
The Energy Regulatory Commission has granted the plea of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and its affiliate-firm Panay Energy Development Corporation (PEDC) on their contract price adjustment. In tandem with that ruling of the Commission had also been the approval on a...
Accelerating patronage and purchases of electric vehicles (EVs) by consumers will serve as the ultimate stimulus to wider investments on the rollout of commercial-scale EV charging facilities in the country, according to Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) Chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan. “We...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is leading the race on compliance to the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) with 1,880 megawatts of contracted renewable energy (RE) already secured in its supply portfolio. The power firm indicated that it was able to surpass its initial...
The power generation subsidiary of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will ramp up its renewable energy (RE) capacity installations to 2,000 megawatts (2.0 gigawatts) backed by P18 billion in committed investments. “The investment will cover over 2GW of gross RE capacity from solar and wind that...
The additional 100 towers that had been transferred by Ayala-led Globe continue to beef up the telecom business portfolio of Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation (MIESCOR), a subsidiary of power utility giant Manila Electric Company. Via MIESCOR Infrastructure Development Corporation...
Cooler temperatures in the past weeks have dampened overall electricity demand benefitting customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) with P0.2908 per kilowatt hour (kWh) rate reduction in their August bills. Relative to the rate downtrend, the utility firm said that residential end-users in...
While most players in the energy sector are excited about the incursion of innovative technology solutions in the industry, Manila Electric Company (Meralco) Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan cautioned against the trap of "quick fixes" that will not bring in realistic energy security for the country....
