Razon-led MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) has applied for P1.982 billion worth of capital expenditures (capex) with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for the reinforcement and expansion of its power distribution network in Iloilo City. In its filing with the regulatory body,...
The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation ( PSALM ) has scaled down the reserve price for the 650-megawatt Malaya thermal power facility to P1.845 billion from P2.007 billion for the third round of negotiated sale. This followed after the company failed on its second...
The high cost of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology has been hobbling targets of massive rollout of smart meters in the country, because many Filipino consumers would not be able to afford any abrupt technology shift. According to Jaime Jose Aboitiz, executive vice president and...
SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation, the energy investment arm of San Miguel Corporation and Aboitiz Power Corporation, were among the big-ticket players in the power industry that submitted offers in the competitive selection process (CSP) carried out by Manila Electric Company (Meralco) for its...
The board of directors of Ayala-led AC Energy Corporation (ACEN) has greenlighted the joint venture deal that the conglomerate’s energy investment arm will be cementing with Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings Inc. (SP) of millennial-businessman Leandro L. Leviste. In a disclosure to the...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has approved the acquisition by Scatec Solar ASA (Scatec Solar) of 100 percent of SN Power AS (SN Power) from the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund). SN Power has investments in hydro-power businesses in the Philippines...
The local stock market is seen to be weighed down by concern over the impact of the new COVID-19 strain although this may be counterbalanced by excess cash in the system as well as developments overseas. “Next week, we may see sideways movement from the local market with a downward bias. Pandemic...
SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet Inc. (SNAP-Benguet), which is a subsidiary company of Aboitiz Power Corporation in a tie-up with Norwegian firm SN Power, has secured P18 billion unsecured notes facility from two local banks, and it utilized the proceeds to prepay loans for its hydropower facility...
“Power rate reduction” tops the 2021 to-do list of the Department of Energy (DOE) to improve the attractiveness of the Philippines as an investment destination for manufacturers, who have been discouraged by the prohibitive power cost in the country. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi told...
Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGEN), a power generation investment subsidiary of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has acquired 86-percent shareholdings of affiliate firm Global Business Power Corporation (GBP) for P34.466 billion. The stake acquisition by MGEN was carried out through the transfer...
Hedcor Inc., the hydropower subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation, has enforced digital upgrade on its regional control center that is linking its various hydropower facilities in Davao. The newly inaugurated control center connects its five hydropower facilities in Davao City; as well as its...
Gotianun-owned FDC Misamis Power Corporation, a power investment subsidiary of the Filinvest Corporation, had been hailed as ‘top taxpayer’ in Misamis Oriental, the host province of its 405-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Mindanao grid. The company has been awarded “number one real estate...
