Philippines

The deal is part of its effort to boost capacity to 4,000MW by 2020.

Slovenia's Krsko nuke plant is said to be a clone of the former's plant.

3 biomass power plants will be built in Negros Occidental.

This assurance was revealed despite outages that lashed Luzon recently.

Maturing into its ten years of commercial operations, the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has seen its share of volatility and regulatory intervention. Spot prices in WESM have been strongly driven by events, spiking on an almost annual basis on plant maintenance shutdown, typhoons, or fuel shortages.

Will system loss charges be slashed off consumers' bills?

New environment chief sternly says no to coal.

Is the 70% reduction in emissions by 2030 too ambitious?

The electrification subsidy in missionary areas started on May 1, 1988 with the proclamation by the President of the Philippines that electricity rates in all islands outside the main grids shall be pegged at P2.50/kWh. Thus, the National Power Corporation (NPC) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) allocated P1.20/kWh for generation and P1.30/kWh for distribution.

A big catch lurks behind the attraction and scares investors away.

Land acquisition and transmission issues make the situation worse.

This is to assure a secure and transparent environment.

And the intricacies of electric cooperatives.

Industry experts throw their insights at the inaugural Asian Power Utility Forum 2016.

There’s only one week left to register.

Do not be deceived by enticing investment environment, analysts warn.