The Department of Energy (DOE) has apprised relevant industry stakeholders that if the line-up of green energy auctions (GEAs) will yield successful outcomes on capacity additions for the country, the generation rates across grids will go down by average ₱0.90 to ₱1.32 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to reach average ₱3 per kilowatt hour (kWh) level…
Consumers in Catanduanes will be forced to sweat through longer hours of rotational brownouts due to the ₱538 million worth of unpaid obligations of state-run National Power Corporation (NPC) to power supplier Sunwest Water and Electric Co. Inc. (SUWECO).
STATE-RUN National Power Corp. (NPC) is seeking approval from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to recover P7.47 billion in deferred fuel costs incurred in 2023 for supplying electricity to off-grid areas.
MANILA, Philippines — Five-star integrated resort Okada Manila is going greener this year, with plans to enhance its energy efficiency efforts and expand the use of renewable power in its operations.
The Court of Appeals (CA) ordered the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chair to inhibit herself from a rate application case involving the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), citing “evident bias and partiality.”
Two natural gas plants overseen by Meralco PowerGen Corp. are expected to deliver 2,500 megawatts of capacity by the end of the month, a top executive said over the weekend.
The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. is moving forward with the privatization of the 796.64-megawatt Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (СВК) hydroelectric power plants on June 30, 2025, or two weeks behind the earlier deadline of June 16, 2025.
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) is in talks with local banks to fund its planned 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Calaca, Batangas, under subsidiary St. Raphael Power Generation Corp.
Meralco PowerGen Corp. hopes the Department of Energy will decide by mid-June on its request for an exemption from the coal ban for the 1,200-megawatt Atimonan ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant.
MERALCO POWERGEN CORP. (MGen), the power generation unit of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), said it is on track to operate its gas-fired power plants in Batangas at full capacity of 2,500 megawatts (MW) by the end of the month.