Could this be a case of “better to laugh with the sinners than weep with the saints?” Too bad for consumers—no laughter here, only swelling bills and bitter tears!Back in November 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) slammed the door on the ₱5.2-billion rate hike plea of SMC Global...
The key players in the country's gas-to-power industry are exploring interconnecting their pipeline facilities to share liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, a lifeline designed to neutralize potential fuel supply disruptions and ensure steady electricity generation from gas-fed plants.In an...
The price offers from the coal plants of San Miguel Corporation and Aboitiz Power Corporation have been declared as best ‘lowest bids’ and prospective winners in the 600-megawatt supply procurement of power utility giant Manila Electric Company.The lowest acceptable price tenders in the...
Meralco PowerGen Corporation, the power investment arm of Manila Electric Company, is eyeing to secure approval from the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) on the triarchy deal that it sealed for the $3.3 billion integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Batangas province.MGen President...
The Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC), which serves as the governance body of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), has elected its new set of board of directors and officers that will help oversee the operations of the country’s power spot market.The reconstituted board and...
Leaning on the robust power generating assets of its various subsidiaries, Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) has sustained its lead as the country’s biggest power producer with total installed capacity of 5,745.221 megawatts, according to data released by the Energy Regulatory Commission.Inching very...
The power investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will corner the majority stake of more than 40-percent in the $3.3 billion integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) project originally owned and developed by SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. (SMGP) of the San Miguel group.According to SMGP,...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has beefed up its supply portfolio with additional 400-megawatt baseload power supply procurement from the Limay thermal power plant of SMC Global Power Holdings of the San Miguel group.The tariff for the new interim power supply agreement (IPSA)...
The Singapore-based holding firm of Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company (AG&P) has reshuffled its top management after the departure of its former Chief Executive Joseph Sigelman, following an internal investigation due to alleged mismanagement concerns in the company.AG&P announced that...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the withdrawal of application for the power supply agreements (PSA) that had been jointly agreed to be terminated by parties-in-interest Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and the subsidiary-companies of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp (SMGP) of the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning a site visit to the 1,200-megawatt Ilijan gas-fired power facility this week to re-validate its targeted return to commercial operation this May 26, as earlier communicated to the government by South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC) of the San Miguel...
SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation of the San Miguel group officially leads the Philippines’ debut into the "LNG importers club of the world" following the arrival of its first LNG shipment at one of the country’s major ports.
The Department of Energy (DOE) affirmed the arrival of the first...