Quezon power plant gets ERC green light to operate

By Victor V. Saulon | Business World MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) has secured provisional authority from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to start operating San Buenaventura Power Ltd.’s (SBPL) 500-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant and provide baseload...

ERC issues PAO to 1st coal-fired plant using supercritical tech

By Lenie Lectura | Business Mirror   THE Luzon grid will soon be assured of 500 megawatts (MW) of new power-generation capacity following the issuance of the Provisional Authority to Operate (PAO) the country’s first coal-fired power plant to use supercritical...

Meralco cleared to start operations of Quezon plant

Danessa Rivera | The Philippine Star   MANILA, Philippines — The power generating unit of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has secured regulatory approval to proceed with the commercial operations of its coal-fired power plant in Quezon. The Energy Regulatory...

Quezon power plant gets nod to operate

by Alena Mae S. Flores | Manila Standard Today The Energy Regulatory Commission issued San Buenaventura Power Ltd. a provisional authority to operate its power plant with 500 megawatts of baseload capacity in the Luzon grid. Meralco PowerGen Corp. president Rogelio...

MGreen solar projects get funding

By MEANNE ROSALES | Power Philippines   RENEWABLE ENERGY ARM OF MGEN MGREEN HAS ACQUIRED AN EQUITY FUNDING WORTH P424 MILLION THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR PROJECTS, WITH AN OVERALL CAPACITY OF 210 MW. The total project cost is around P10...

Meralco to develop P10-B solar projects

BY JORDEENE B. LAGARE | Manila Times MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) is set to implement various solar power projects with an estimated cost of P10 billion. To bankroll these projects, Meralco’s board of directors on Monday approved infusing an equity funding worth...