MANILA – Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino has filed a measure aiming to remove the 12 value-added tax (VAT) on electricity and internet services to ease the financial burdens on Filipino households and businesses.

MANILA, Philippines — A subsidiary of Emerging Power Inc. (EPI) has set aside P1.19 billion to integrate its 145-megawatt-peak solar farm in Zambales into the Luzon grid.

MANILA, Philippines — Ayala-led ACEN Corp. is extending a P30-million loan to its subsidiary responsible for the construction of a large-scale wind farm in Ilocos Norte.

GETTING production out of the first offshore wind farms by 2028 is considered “doable” with close coordination between regulators and project proponents, according to Danish technical consultancy firm K2 Management (K2M).

State-run National Power Corp. (NPC) moved the bidding for the Accelerated Hybridization Plan (AHP) for four pilot areas to February 2025.

THE Department of Energy (DoE) said it estimated the number of remote areas ripe for microgrid investments at over 200 underserved and unserved locations.

MANILA, Philippines — Power companies backed by some of the country’s wealthiest clans have been shortlisted for the government’s third green energy auction round (GEA-3).

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said it approved the creation of a technical working group to investigate the damage on infrastructure managed by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).

Northern Davao Electric Cooperative Inc. (Nordeco) called for an impartial deliberation of House Bill No. 11072, extending the franchise area of Davao Light Power Corp.

Consing: Gov’t better positioned to address grid issues The Maharlika Investment Corporation said it is open to acquiring shares of the State Grid Corporation of China in the country’s power grid.