Author Archives: LM Staff

Meralco warns of higher November power rates on weaker peso

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the Philippines’ largest power retailer, signaled that higher electricity rates are...

PHL conglomerates’ P1.65-T renewable push to test capital discipline — S&P

PHILIPPINE CONGLOMERATES are expected to invest about $28 billion (P1.65 trillion) in renewable energy projects...

Fourth round of Green Energy Auction awards top 10,159 MW, 96% of target

THE Department of Energy (DoE) said on Thursday that updated totals from the fourth round...

Power prices at spot market jumped in October on tighter supply margins

The Average systemwide prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) surged by P1.50 per...

Liberty Solar to invest P8.8b in Tarlac floating solar project

Liberty Solar Energy Corp. (LSEC), a unit of Alternergy Holdings Corporation, plans to invest P8.8...

Vivant’s COREnergy eyes 5% market share by 2030

CORENERGY, Inc., a subsidiary of Vivant Energy Corp., aims to capture a larger share of...

MPower powers First Cavite industrial park through retail aggregation program

MPOWER, the local retail electricity supplier of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), has partnered with First...

Waste-to-energy auction could offer up to 200 MW in capacity to bidders

THE Department of Energy (DoE) may set an installation target of up to 200 megawatts...

MBC: Bad gov’t rules scaring off investors in waste-to-energy

The Makati Business Club (MBC) is urging the government to streamline policies and intensify efforts...

Gov’t, DUs working hard to restore power to 7M consumers

MANILA – Around 7 million power consumers are affected by outages due to the impact...