Jeffrey Bautista was 15 years old when residents and municipal officials of Masinloc in Zambales rose to oppose a coal-fired power plant that the Na
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Aquino administration is not keen on the offer of Petron Corp. for a possible buyback of the Bataan refinery as an option
Read MoreSix oil firms belonging to the Philippine Institute of Petroleum (PIP) are urging the government to form a group that would scrutinize their financi
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The government is readying a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate the Agus-Pulangi hydropower complex, a top energy official sai
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Department of Energy (DOE) expects to award 15 new service contracts under the Philippine Energy Contracting Round (PECR)4
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT is amenable to the postponement of open access if ordered by regulators but noted the delay should not last more than a year, an Ener
Read MoreLawmakers are looking to direct the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) to conduct anoth
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The country’s power rates are now the fifth highest in the world, Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza of the party-list group Trade
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The government is considering the conversion of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) into a coal-fired power facil
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The San Miguel group is in the “advanced” planning stage to build two new coal-fired power plants in Cavite and Leyte, both part
Read MoreUS-based power giant AES Corp. will push through with its $1-billion expansion plan to double the existing capacity of the 600-megawatt Masinloc coa
Read MoreTHE ENERGY department expects to receive within the week preliminary results of a study being conducted by foreign funding agencies on the country’s
Read MoreCreation of central clearinghouse for utilities pushed The business, academic and labor sectors have teamed up for the first time to submit to the
Read MoreAboitiz Power Corp. has secured an environmental compliance certificate for its P25-billion coal-fired power project in Davao—a document that will a
Read MoreSUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said on Thursday that it has set a new policy to strictly review all projects to be l
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The National Renewable Energy Board on Wednesday pressed for the imposition of the feed-in-tariff (FIT) rates, saying these coul
Read MoreLISTED AboitizPower Corp. is asking the government to bid out to renewable energy allocations provided under the set installation targets. In an in
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - PNOC Renewables Corp. is looking for potential partners for 11 hydropower projects estimated to generate up to 276 megawatts (
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Economic cluster of the Cabinet has approved in principle the planned renegotiation for the reduction in power subsidy to
Read MoreOLONGAPO CITY—In an apparent show of force, residents and officials of Olongapo City and Zambales province braved heavy rains on Monday and showed u
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