The bulk of financial assistance extended by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to electric cooperatives (ECs) as of end-October this year beefed up their capital structure.
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has rejected notions that its corporate behavior and practice rather than the broad economy as a whole are to blame for such conditions as the country's supposed inability to pull off large batches of foreign investments.
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank), one of the country’s largest, has signed a P5 billion loan with ACEN, the listed energy platform of the Ayala group, to fund renewable energy expansion projects across the country.
Six power generation companies want a piece of the 1,800 megawatts of electricity that the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is sourcing under an ongoing competitive selection process or CSP.