Energy
Property firm thwarts NGCP effort at energizing 500-kiloVolt HSJ line in Bataan
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is hopeful the legal impediment preventing Line 2 of the 500-kiloVolt Hermosa-San Jose (HSJ) transmission line in Bataan lifts and the system energized.
NGCP can take on surges in power demand in the Visayas, elsewhere
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is fully prepared for the surge in power demand from the Visayas as the 230-kiloVolt Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) backbone project formally connected to the grid for the first time.
Latest adjustments show gasoline P8.20 more expensive per liter at the pumps thus far this year
The various fuel retailers follow up on last week's mixed adjustments with an across-the-board increase in prices beginning past midnight Tuesday.
REDC, NIA sign agree to develop hydropower plants
Repower Energy Development Corp., the hydropower subsidiary of Pure Energy Holdings Corp., has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and its intent to pursue the development of mini hydropower plants in areas where the NIA has existing infrastructure.
Meralco power rates down by nearly P1/kWh in April
Manila Electric Co., the country’s largest power distributor, said Monday power rates in April, which will be reflected in consumers' May electricity bills, dropped by P0.9879 per kiloWatt-hour, reducing the cost of energy for a typical household down to P10.9518 per kWh from P11.9397 per kWh in March.
