Like human workforce, technologies like power generating facilities also deserve ‘retirement’ days, hence, the Department of Energy (DOE) is being prodded to look into this policy consideration on its energy planning task, so consumers won’t be perennially saddled with brownout due to...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Senate to probe the failure of the government to bring down the cost of electricity rates in the country 20 years after the enactment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or the EPIRA Law. In filing Senate Resolution No. 746, Hontiveros said it is...
The pockets of Filipino consumers will be burdened with higher prices again at the petroleum pumps this week; as based on upward adjustments announced by the oil companies. In pricing notices sent to the media and the Department of Energy, the oil firms indicated that diesel prices will go up by...
The Philippines could generate yearly savings of up to P390 billion, or roughly $9.8 billion, from fuel consumption if millions of Filipinos would opt for a shift to electric vehicles. That has been the assumption presented by Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian, as his...
ERC hints ‘pricing play’ The country’s giant power firms have been tagged as the culprits in last week’s rotational brownouts with “forced outages’ of their power plants going beyond the time allowance prescribed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). In a Congressional hearing on...
The Department of Energy (DOE), headed by Secretary Alfonso Cusi, should own up and take responsibility for the power outages happening in Luzon and Metro Manila, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian said the agency must accept accountability, since it is mainly responsible for implementing...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday thumbed down proposals for an emergency power for government to address an energy crisis being experienced in Luzon this summer, saying this could only become a source of corruption. “Ako hindi ko susuportahan ang emergency powers. Dahil ang emergency powers...
Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM) President Angelo Palmones has faulted energy authorities for their lack of foresight and action regarding nuclear-based power generation, which could have helped avoid the recent spate of "red alert" status in the Luzon...
Filipino motorists will need to cough up higher budget for their fuel consumption again next week as prices are anticipated to rise at the pumps. Oil companies said that diesel products could rise a heftier P0.55 to P0.65 per liter; while gasoline prices by a marginal upward adjustment of P0.10 to...
Threats of probable rotating brownouts would persist until June 10, as ‘red alert’ conditions are still foreseen in the country’s major power grid, according to the Department of Energy. In a presentation before the House Committee on Energy, DOE Director Mario C. Marasigan indicated that...
Secretary Alfonso Cusi doesn't believe that he has been remiss in his job as Department of Energy (DOE) chief as a result of him tending to his tasks related to politics. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Ariel Fernandez / File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cusi also wears the hat of vice chairman of ruling...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi apologized to the public Thursday, June 3 for the rotational brownouts that struck parts of Luzon the past few days when power reserves in the region were way down. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Screengrab from Facebook live) In a televised press...
