The soon-to-be enacted Comprehensive Roadmap for the Electric Vehicle Industry (CREVI) is mandating the harmonization of standards for charging stations, the main infrastructure support for the emerging EV industry in the country. In his sponsorship speech on the passage of the proposed EV Act at...
Oil prices will climb again next week by P0.55 to P0.70 per liter but consumers in areas hit by Typhoon Odette will be spared from forthcoming adjustments at fuel pumps. Based on the calculation of the oil companies, gasoline prices will rise by P0.45 to P0.55 per liter while diesel will increase...
Lopez-led FP Island Energy Corporation, a subsidiary of First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPHC), has made possible the long-desired reliable electricity services in at least three island-domains in Camarines Sur province. The areas that can now enjoy round-the-clock power supply are the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said it cannot commit yet if Filipino consumers in the typhoon Odette-battered areas in Visayas and Mindanao will fully regain their electricity services before the Christmas celebrations next week. In a press briefing, Energy Undersecretary Felix William B....
To aid the country in the "energy transition" agenda, the government will be tapping into the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Mobilisation (CEFIM) programme of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). According to the Department of Energy (DOE), the CEFIM program could...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will craft separate “remuneration packages” on hydropower and geothermal technologies in the targeted auction of renewable energy (RE) capacities for compliance of mandated participants to the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) policy. A revised DOE circular said...
Malacañang is looking to implement changes in its electrification game plan in a bid to achieve 100 percent electrification of the country by 2022--the last year of the Duterte administration. (Kai Gradert/ Unsplash) President Duterte signed Executive Order (EO) No.156 on Friday, Dec. 10 in order...
Petroleum pumps will take a major reverse course next week with big-time price hikes of P1.20 to P1.65 per liter due across products, according to the initial calculation of the oil companies. Based on the outcome of last week’s trading, the industry players are estimating hefty price upticks of...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is instituting a policy that will exempt waste-to-energy (WTE) biomass power projects from the competitive selection process (CSP) requirement in their power supply agreements (PSAs). CSP is an auction scheme mandated upon off-taker distribution utilities, like that...
The country’s oil companies are being flagged for allegedly ‘shortchanging consumers’ by implementing lower-than-expected price rollbacks at the pumps, prompting stronger calls for the unbundling of pass-on costs of petroleum commodities. According to Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Isagani...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday said Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and businessman Dennis Uy should reveal the “mystery shopper” instead of filing libel charges against members of the media for supposed unfair reporting over a graft complaint they’re facing over Uy’s controversial buyout...
DOE firms up 2,000MW RE capacity auction By MYRNA M. VELASCO The Department of Energy (DOE) has finally firmed up the initial capacity requirement of 2,000 megawatts for bidding to prepare for the implementation of the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) policy of the RE sector. Energy Assistant...
