Manila Electric Co., the largest power distributor in the country, said Friday power rates will be lower in the February billing cycle on account of a net decline in the generation charge.
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has issued an order requiring buyers to first purchase locally produced molasses before they are allowed to import supplies.
Electricity prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) rose by 10.1 percent in December, driven mainly by higher power demand in the Visayas and Mindanao, data from the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) showed.
ABB is supplying a full electrification system for VITRO Santa Rosa, the Philippines’ first AI-ready hyperscale data center, located in Laguna. The 50-megawatt facility is designed for high reliability, energy efficiency, and future AI growth, as the country becomes one of the world’s fastest-growing data center markets.