Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be infusing fresh capital outlay of P280 million for the development of a switching station that will support electricity services for the multi-billion Metro Manila subway project. The 115-kilovolt (kV) switching station that shall be...
French multinational giant Schneider Electric is intensifying its pitch on the use of green energy as well as other sustainable solutions to support the operations of flourishing data centers in the Philippines. Underpinned by its offer of energy management solutions and digital automation...
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...
Energy access is a major game-changer in empowering a country – but the depressing fact remains that more than a billion people globally still don’t have access to electricity services – a basic need that marginal segments of populations – or those in the ‘laylayan’ are morally being...
Power supply in the country will be shored up by 3,309 megawatts this year from new generating facilities; plus 334 megawatts that shall be drawn from battery energy storage systems (BESS), according to the Department of Energy. As culled from the department’s data, bulk of the capacity additions...
Summer is always associated with having high energy for much-awaited adventures and leisurely basking in the sun, but what’s lurking in the dark is the sting of skyrocketing electric bills as well as discontent of ‘tight power supply blues’ that could descend into worse scenarios of service...
The offer of San Miguel Global Power Holdings subsidiary South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC) had been declared as the ‘best bid’ in the 1,200-megawatt capacity procurement of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) for a supply portfolio that will partly satiate its requirements during the El...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is recommending the establishment of a ‘new protocol’ that shall firmly guide National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on power supply-demand balance at the course of its grid operations during emergency situations. As stated by Energy Undersecretary...
An increase of P0.0846 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the January billing cycle of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will bring slight squeeze in the pockets of its roughly 8.0 million customers in the initial month of this year. The power utility firm announced that its tariff will climb to P11.3430...
Grid operator NGCP renews its call for a whole-of-industry approach, including better energy resource planning, following the January 2 power outage due to tripping of multiple power plants which isolated Panay island from the rest of the Visayas grid. “The unscheduled maintenance shutdowns of...
Power distribution giant Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has started a competitive bidding process to secure additional supply ahead of the expected surge in demand during the upcoming dry months. In a statement, Meralco said the competitive selection process (CSP), a type of competitive public...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is aiming for timely approval of the Department of Energy (DOE) on the terms of reference (TOR) for its targeted competitive selection process (CSP) on planned capacity procurements, so it can spare its roughly 8.0 million customers from wobbly...
