Mar 11, 2019
MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) is finalizing if it will push through with the construction of its 1,200 megawatts (MW) Atimonan One Energy coal power plant and initially sell the capacity in the spot market, as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has yet to act on...
Mar 10, 2019
The Court of Appeals has paved the way for the Energy Regulatory Commission to resolve the anti-competition cases filed against power distributor Manila Electric Co. and two subsidiaries of Aboitiz Power Corp. over the shutdown of the Malampaya gas facility in 2013....
Mar 9, 2019
Imagination means savings Meralco PowerGen president Rogelio Singson counts the many ways to save energy amid a power deficiency as summer season begins. ROY PELOVELLO The energy shortfall is expected to last until June mainly as a result of increased electricity...
Mar 8, 2019
Meralco PowerGen president and chief executive officer Rogelio Singson The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is back in the power business through a subsidiary. However, it is going through legal hurdles to get its projects going in Luzon that now contends with low energy...
Dec 10, 2018
MERALCO Powergen Corp. (MGen) said the continuing delay in the approval of the power supply contract for its Atimonan coal-fired power plant had jacked up the project’s cost by P15 billion. “If my numbers are correct, I think nasa mga (it’s at about) P15 billion, kasi...
Dec 1, 2018
The power generating arm of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will focus on developing its renewable energy (RE) capacity of 1,500 megawatts (MW) in the next three to five years as it looks to disrupt its own legacy distribution business, its top official said. Meralco...
