In a power system as fragile and fast-growing as the Philippines’, the shift to clean energy is no longer in question. The challenge now is how to pursue it without putting households, businesses, and essential services at risk.

THE VISAYAS was placed under yellow alert for five hours on Tuesday following outages at a number of power plants, according to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).

MANILA – Power firms need to list with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to be deemed compliant with the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (ERIRA), the chief of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said Wednesday.

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is soliciting comments from industry stakeholders on the proposed Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) fourth round for run-of-river hydro (RORH) power projects.

First Gen Corp. is beefing up its hydro portfolio with 213 megawatts (MW) of new hydro power projects with an estimated investment of $652 million.

MANILA, Philippines — Ayala-led ACEN Corp. has once again clinched four Golden Arrows from the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) for its consistent track record in upholding excellent corporate governance practices.

MANILA, Philippines — Hydropower developers are pressing the government to implement higher feed-in tariff (FIT) rates for run-of-river (ROR) projects to attract fresh capital and fully unlock the technology’s untapped potential.

Developer group Philhydro Association Inc. is hoping to address the current bottlenecks that slow down developments in the hydropower industry through a whole-of-government and whole-of-industry effort.

MANILA, Philippines — Saavedra-led Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) has gained greater confidence in its bold expansion strategy following its strong performance from January to September.

A FORMER undersecretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) and current Manila Water Company Inc. (Manila Water) president will lead the new gas unit of Razon-led Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc. (Prime Infra).