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Renewable energy, feed-in tariff temper higher costs

January 19, 2016 - 9:00am

The entry of feed-in tariff (FIT)-approved renewable energy (RE) projects in the power market has tempered higher electricity costs, based on a study conducted by the market operator.

Business

NREB seeks 2nd wave of feed-in tariff incentives for solar

By Iris Gonzales | February 13, 2015 - 12:00am

The National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) is working on a mutually acceptable solution among power industry players for a...

Business

‘Power shortage in 2015 inevitable’

By Iris Gonzales | December 14, 2014 - 12:00am

Power generators don’t see a repeat of the era of blackouts the Philippines experienced during the first Aquino presidency but many agree there will indeed be a power crisis in 2015 if the government is unable...

Headlines

Power firms fear summer shortage

By Iris Gonzales | July 28, 2014 - 12:00am

Power generators said it would be difficult to provide up to 500 megawatts in additional capacity next year, which Energy...

Headlines

EDC earnings dip to P6.6 B on lower energy sales

By Iris Gonzales | March 4, 2014 - 12:00am

Energy Development Corp. (EDC), the geothermal power firm company of the Lopez Group, reported a 20 percent decline in its net income last year on lower energy sales.

Business

EDC targets 147-MW power dispatch to Visayas grid

By Iris Gonzales | December 4, 2013 - 12:00am

Energy Development Corp. (EDC), the geothermal company owned by the Lopez Group, is targeting to dispatch 147 megawatts into the Visayas grid from its Unified Leyte power plant, the single biggest source of electricity...

Business

Body of last missing worker found in Leyte landslide site

By Lalaine Jimenea | March 8, 2013 - 12:00am

Retrieval teams finally ended yesterday their long hours of finding bodies of workers buried in a landslide that struck the geothermal complex of the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) here last week.

Nation

4 more bodies found in landslide site

By Lalaine Jimenea | March 7, 2013 - 12:00am

The bodies of four laborers were dug up yesterday morning at the landslide site in Energy Development Corp.’s Upper Mahiao geothermal plant here, leaving only two more workers missing.

Nation

Meralco warns of blackouts

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | January 31, 2013 - 12:00am

Expect frequent blackouts across Luzon beginning this year if no new sources of power are established to support the country’s...

Headlines

PIPPA seeks gov’t assurance on supply, prices

By Iris Gonzales | January 25, 2013 - 12:00am

The Philippine Independent Power Producers Association (PIPPA), a group of independent power generators, is urging the government to assure sufficient supply of reliable and competitively priced electricity in anticipation...

Business