Garcia-led Vivant Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of publicly listed Vivant Corporation, has announced plans to acquire the shareholdings of its partner Gigawatt Power Inc. in corporate units that provide electricity in off-grid areas. As emphasized, Gigawatt Power Inc. has 50-percent equity in...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued show-cause orders (SCOs) to 25 electric cooperatives and three private distribution utilities (DUs), mandating them to explain why they failed to justify pass-through fuel costs that they have reflected in the electricity bills of their customers....
The supply of electricity in at least four provinces in Northern Luzon was cutoff due to strong rains and howling winds brought by typhoon “Betty”, authorities bared Tuesday, May 30. *(Courtesy of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) * In its latest...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) was able to free up stranded capacity in the northern corridor of the Luzon grid, following the energization of its 500-kilovolt (kV) Hermosa-San Jose transmission line project in Bataan. That project, which commanded investment of...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is considering to enforce a "differentiated pricing" for the waste-to-energy (WTE) capacities to be offered under the Green Energy Auction (GEA) program of the government. ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta admitted that the issuance of green energy auction...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has recently completed and energized a new 115-kilovolt gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation at the Light Industry Science Park-2 (LISP2) in Calamba, Laguna. The power firm indicated that the project was pursued in collaboration with...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation will be joining the fresh round of bidding that power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be undertake to fill the capacity void on its additional 2024 supply following the retreat of its targeted supplier. First Gen President and COO Francis Giles B....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has urged the public to contribute, in any way they can, in the conservation of energy and water amid the looming power and water supply crisis in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (BBM Vlog Screenshot)) Marcos talked about the impacts...
As data center project-proponents have been firming up their investment plans in the Philippines, the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it will match up their electricity needs with the investors putting up renewable energy (RE) facilities in the country. “A number of investors presented...
The Senate energy committee on Wednesday, May 17, scrutinized the plans of the Department of Energy (DOE) and other power stakeholders to provide long-term solutions to power supply shortages Presiding as chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy hearing on the recent power outages in the country,...
On top of the double whammy of rotational brownouts and scorching heat, consumers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be distressed with additional financial burden as its rates will go up by P0.1761 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in this May billing. For roughly 70-percent of the utility firm’s...
Owing to the extreme tightness of supply, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced that it has implemented rotational blackouts of two-hour duration, initially affecting parts of Cavite and Laguna, as well as key cities in Metro Manila, including Marikina, Novaliches,...
