Rising summer temperatures and threats of power service interruptions amid surging electric bills could really trigger disappointments among us as we yearn for a “more hopeful story” that can rescue us from these predicaments. On March 31 this year, a bit of that “hope” came to light with...
AboitizPower and Frabelle Cold Storage donate medical supplies and equipment to Barangay 22, Caloocan City. Â Barangay Captain, Ronald Bautista (second from right), receives the items from representatives of the two companies led by AboitizPower Account Supervisor, Eduard Ybarbia (left), and...
A Danish company is eyeing the Philippines for a strategic deployment of its small modular reactor (SMR) technology in nuclear power development once it passes licensing phase and approvals by government authorities. According to Denmark Ambassador to the Philippines Franz-Michael Mellbin, nuclear...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has secured additional 56 megawatt capacity commitments from Ayala Property Management Corporation (APMC), which will be utilizing its own generating assets for its power needs when necessary. In a statement to the media, Meralco said it has...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is targeting to set at least 2,500 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power capacity contribution to the country’s energy mix by 2032, according to a ranking official of the agency. Energy Undersecretary Sharon S. Garin told reporters “we are including nuclear power in the...
Lotilla directs NPC’s 'exit' plan from fossil fuels By MYRNA M. VELASCO A gradual and well-calculated exit plan from diesel generating sets and other fossil fuels has been directed by Energy Secretary Raphael P. M. Lotilla on state-run National Power Corporation. In line with that mandate, the...
Therma Luzon, Inc. (TLI), a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation has renewed its power supply agreement (PSA) with Ibaan Electric Corporation (IEC) for another five-year duration. According to the Aboitiz firm, it will be supplying 10.92 megawatts to the power utility, which the latter will be...
Shell Pilipinas Corporation has joined the league of corporates that have been showing financial rebound from the scourge of the coronavirus pandemic, having registered a net income of P4.1 billion, or 6.0-percent higher from a leaner P3.9 billion earnings in 2021. In a statement to the media, the...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has inked a one-year emergency power supply agreement (EPSA) with South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC) of the San Miguel group for the delivery of 300-megawatt capacity from March 26, 2023 to March 25, 2024. The supply contract provided for a...
 The Para ñaque City government announced that there will be power outage in some parts of the city on March 30-31 from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. The Para ñaque Public Information Office (PIO) said the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will relocate its facilities affected by the...
Aboitiz Power Corporation will be holding its annual meeting of stockholders on April 24, 2023, Monday at 1:00 p.m. The meeting will be conducted virtually from NAC Tower, 32nd Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. The 2023 ASM is accessible through the hyperlink...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has echoed the call from the upper chamber for the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to penalize erring power distributors that have overcontracted power supply. “The call to penalize power distributors that overcontracted power supply and...
