ACEN Corp. has subscribed to additional shares of affiliate Greencore Power Solutions 3 Inc. for a total of P859.12 million, the company told the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Four of the country’s most influential business groups have thrown their collective support behind a proposed measure that would exempt electricity sales from the value-added tax (VAT), framing it as a decisive step toward reducing one of the Philippines’ most persistent economic burdens: high power costs.
The Department of Energy (DOE) expects more private companies to invest in rooftop solar after SM Prime Holdings reached 100 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity across its properties.
Electricity prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) dropped 12.4 percent in November, the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) on Wednesday reported.