The Department of Energy (DOE) is currently enticing investors to funnel capital in at least 69 areas that are classified as “underserved” and “unserved” domains when it comes to energization initiatives. The entry of the targeted investors shall be via the qualified third party (QTP)...
A Chinese firm has already dropped out of the Malaya thermal power facility negotiated sale, but four others are still in the running, giving hopes to state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) that its long-wished for privatization of the 650-megawatt facility...
Despite the dominance of coal plants in the country’s energy mix, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi forthrightly stated that the Philippines is not ready for ‘carbon tax enforcement’ because such policy could worsen the travails of consumers on high cost of power that they are already...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is tightening its grip on the power generation companies (GenCos), so they can guarantee sufficient power supply as the Covid-19 vaccination program in the country gains traction. This is a follow-through order from Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi, after his initial...
As typhoon season has kicked off again this year, the Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking stronger ‘emergency protocols’ that shall be instituted by the power industry, as response to the strike of natural calamities. According to Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi, there is a need among...
Through the mandated appointment of energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) practitioners, the Department of Energy (DOE) will be enforcing stricter compliance to the prescriptions of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Act or Republic Act 11285, primarily across...
Fr. Alfonso A. Araceli, SVD For those belonging to my generation, it is easy to define love because of the tool we used to have then – the slum book. Already considered to be a thing of the past, the millennials and Generation Z may just inquire from their elders in the family, what this sort...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has cemented a policy that it will be enforcing for the designs of “energy efficient buildings” or what could also be classified as “green buildings.” The department said it is laying down the...
The lower-than-reserve price offers in the competitive selection process (CSP) of the 1,800 megawatts power supply agreements (PSAs) for power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will result in cheaper electricity rates for consumers, according to the Department of Energy. Energy...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has directed all distribution utilities (DUs) to contract sufficient power capacity to ensure successful rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in various parts of the country this year. In an official advisory issued by the energy department this week, power distribution...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is giving its word that brownouts will not hamstring the anticipated COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in the coming months, so the country can finally sneak away from the reins of the pandemic. According to Energy Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella, the department...
Existing generating facilities with definitive expansion plans will be excluded from the coverage of the coal moratorium policy that was finally firmed up by the Department of Energy (DOE) in an advisory that it issued this week. Aside from expansion projects, exempted from the prohibited coal...
