DUMAGUETE CITY – First Gen Corporation has pledged to deliver 13 gigawatts (GW), or 13,000 megawatts (MW), of clean and renewable energy by 2030 to support the Philippine government’s target of a 35 percent renewable energy share in the energy mix.

ABOITIZ Renewables, Inc. (ARI), the renewable energy arm of Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower), has energized its 173-megawatt-peak (MWp) Calatrava Solar Project in Negros Occidental.

MANILA, Philippines — Nuclear energy will not only serve as a dependable backbone for the power grid but also emerge as a vital solution to the country’s increasing climate challenges, according to a nuclear advocacy group.

The widespread outage across the islands of Siargao and Bucas Grande in Surigao del Norte has been addressed after the Siargao Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SIARELCO) repaired a damaged power line in one of its submarine cables, according to the National Electrification Administration (NEA).

Silliman University Medical Center (SUMC), one of the leading health institutions in the Visayas, renewed its partnership with First Gen Corp. for direct supply of renewable energy (RE) to support operations of the 300-bed tertiary hospital.

LAOAG CITY – The Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) is gifting residential consumers an early Christmas present as it announced a PHP1 per kilowatt hour reduction in power rates this December.

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines’ (NGCP) P2.59-billion Capas 230-kilovolt (kV) substation project.

SOLAR DEVELOPER Terra Solar Philippines, Inc. (TSPI) is seeking approval from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to establish a transmission facility for its P200-billion solar power and battery energy storage project.

Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Company, better known as Meralco, is eyeing a joint venture with the Batangas II Electric Cooperative Inc. or BATELEC II, one of the two electric cooperatives that distribute electricity to Batangas province, as Meralco strives to enhance its services to provinces adjacent to the Mega Manila grid.

The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is increasing power rates in December by P0.1048 per kilowatt hour (kWh), bringing the overall rate to P11.9617 per kWh from the previous month’s P11.8569 per kWh.