San Miguel Global Power (SMGP) said Wednesday, Aug. 13, that the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) has cleared its Ilijan Gas Power Plant of any violations related to a 2022 outage, calling a recent regulatory order from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) “outdated and without...
Ramon S. Ang-led San Miguel Global Power Corp. (SMGP) is seeking to expand its gas turbine power project in Zamboanga City. According to a notice from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Malita Power, Inc. (MPI), an SMGP subsidiary, has proposed to double its plant’s...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has warned of potential supply strains if Excellent Energy Resources Inc.’s (EERI)’s natural gas plant faces a delay in power delivery. In a media briefing on April 14, Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan said that EERI, a joint venture between Meralco...
To minimize the risk of potential power outages, the Department of Energy (DOE) urged consumers in Luzon to practice energy conservation as two natural gas power generation facilities are set to shut down from March 29 to March 31. In a statement on Friday, March 28, the DOE reported that the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is currently evaluating SMC Global Power Holdings Corp.’s (SMGP) request to recover costs from consumers. In an ambush interview with ERC Chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta on the sidelines of the Energy Efficiency Day 2025, she shared that SMGP had filed a...
Renewable energy firm Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) and San Miguel Global Light and Power Corp. (SGLP) plan to complete their solar plant project by 2026, with construction commencing this year. In a briefing, Oliver Tan, CREC president said that the 153.5-megawatt (MW) solar power project...
Diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) will install a 200-megawatt solar farm to underpin the energy requirements of its P740-billion Bulacan airport project. The company said it wants that mammoth infrastructure venture to become the showcase of ‘clean energy’ investment...
