The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) on Thursday reduced the number of potential sites for a planned venture into micro-modular reactor (MMR) nuclear energy technology from three to only two.
PXP Energy Corp., the upstream oil and gas unit of Philex Mining Corp., said Thursday it booked a wider net loss of P97.4 million compared with P36.1 million as a result of impairment charges in Service Contract 74 Linapacan, offset by changes in decommission estimates in SC 14C-2 West Linapacan.
Aboitiz Power Corp. should be able to award in the next two weeks the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for a proposed coal-fired power plant in Cebu, its third such facility thus far.
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said power rates in Metro Manila could go up should regulators allow ACEN Corp. to apply so-called change in circumstance (CIC) claims on its power supply agreements (PSAs) with the distribution utility.