Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has hiked its pipeline of renewable energy projects raising its capacity to 1,700 megawatts, surpassing the five-year development plan earlier cast by its power generation subsidiary Meralco PowerGen Global Business Power Corp. According to...
PAGBILAO, Quezon – Team Energy Corp. and the Quezon Electric Cooperative II (Quezelco II) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for a trust account where the power company will deposit funds for Quezelco II's electrification projects. Froilan Gregory Romualdez, head of the Corporate...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) was able to free up stranded capacity in the northern corridor of the Luzon grid, following the energization of its 500-kilovolt (kV) Hermosa-San Jose transmission line project in Bataan. That project, which commanded investment of...
Senators are now seeking a refund of all the charges collected by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for its uncompleted transmission projects. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian made the suggestion noting that the government has been looking for ways to lower the prices of electricity in...
The single settlement system for capacities traded via the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) across all grids will kick-off in the May billing cycle, the Department of Energy (DOE) said. In an advisory issued this month, Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla stipulated that WESM’s shift...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will issue a circular setting the standards and pricing methodology to be complied with by service providers in the flourishing solar rooftop energy solutions in the country. In the proposed policy, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be crafting the proposed...
Lopez-led Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has formally pulled out its concession for geothermal resource exploration in Peru, citing turbulent political situation in that Latin American energy market as the main reason for such investment decision. The company - via its parent firm First Gen...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Friday, May 26 pushed for the use of home solar panel systems in the country. Lapid, who filed Senate Bill No. 2138 or the proposed Net-Metering Program for Renewable Energy (RE) options, said such moves can help address the current power crisis being...
Ampohaw Hydro in Sablan, Benguet is one of 22 run-of-river hydropower facilities by Hedcor. It is also the first automated plant, having undergone automation in 1997. Aboitiz Power Corporation’s (AboitizPower) subsidiary Hedcor Inc. (Hedcor) marks today, May 25, 2023, its 45th anniversary....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will mete out "the full force of the law" against transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for the more than 70 delayed projects that caused deterioration in the delivery of services and inflating bills of ratepayers. The delay in...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is considering to enforce a "differentiated pricing" for the waste-to-energy (WTE) capacities to be offered under the Green Energy Auction (GEA) program of the government. ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta admitted that the issuance of green energy auction...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should penalize the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) appropriately for delayed transmission projects that adversely impact the country’s electricity supply. Sen. Sherwin...
