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The Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday assured it is investigating if there is indeed possible collusion among power distribution firms to ascertain if this is the cause of the recent rotational brownouts that occurred in Luzon. DOE chief Alfonso Cusi told the Senate Energy Committee the agency

The list of power generation companies (Gencos) tagged by the Energy Regulatory Commission for longer unplanned outages include recidivists who belong to the “old boys club”, Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate disclosed on Sunday, June 6. Zarate said these power genera

A House investigation on the Luzon power deficit left lawmakers with more questions than answers as the island group faced rotating blackouts for three straight days early this week.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has directed generation companies (gencos) to explain their supposed breach of the maximum allowable unplanned outage days per year. ERC Chairperson Agnes Devanadera (Photo from ERC Facebook page) "Based on the examination of our technical group, there are

Consumer group lauds creation of Task Force Ceneco

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 21) — Senator Imee Marcos is calling on the government to check if its plan to rehabilitate the decades-old Agus-Pulangi hydropower plants in Mindanao holds water. The Agus-Pulangi Hydropower Complex, composed of seven mostly run-of-river hydroelectric power plants, is a "burning issue," Marcos said during a Senate hearing on the proposed removal of the expiration period of the Joint Congressional Energy Commission. The complex is currently owned ...

SunStar CEBU EXPLAINER: City Council to consult Veco, business, consumer groups on electricity cost. Yet, ERC already ordered the firm to explain and, earlier, Veco twice promised to lower rates SunStar File May 07, 2021 THE Cebu City Council has decided that its committee on energy will discuss with Visayan Electric Company (Veco) officials and representatives of Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) and local consumer groups the growing complain...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 27) — The Department of Energy is not seeing demand-driven energy shortage in the summer season but said the country needs power reserves to address unplanned outages. During the hearing of the Joint Congressional Energy Commission on Tuesday, lawmakers repeatedly asked officials if there would be brownouts or blackouts from April to June. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, said there should be unimpeded power s...

SunStar + April 06, 2021 THE Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) is calling on Visayan Electric Company to renegotiate its contract with power generators to lower the cost of electricity in their franchise area. The MCCI wants the Visayan Electric to renegotiate the prices of two of the highest power producers for the distribution utility--power generators Cebu Private Power Corp. and Green Core Geothermal Inc. “A year into the pandemic and everyone is still trying to...

SunStar March 08, 2021 TODAY, March 8, marks International Womens Day and the whole of March is observed as International Womens Month. This momentous occasion is a fitting opportunity to celebrate womens achievements, to raise greater awareness and to lobby for accelerated womens equality. In the Philippines, much has been achieved in terms of gender equality. We have elected two woman presidents, President Corazon C. Aquino and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The latter is als...