Posts Under Energy Category
Steag shutdown to weigh on Mindanao power grid
By Allen V. Estabillo on October 5 2012 12:15 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/4 October) — A two-hour daily rotating brownout will again hit this city and the neighboring areas for about a month because of the scheduled maintenance shutdown… »
Kidapawan bent on going to court to get power from geothermal plants
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on April 15 2012 8:39 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 14 April) – Members of the city council here are bent on going to court if the National Power Corporation (Napocor) and other subsidiary agencies of… »
South Cotabato officials ‘open’ to nuke plant proposal
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 11 2012 8:42 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 April) – South Cotabato officials are considering a proposal to establish a nuclear power plant in the province to help address the worsening power supply shortage… »
Gov’t urged to take over power barges
By H. Marcos C. Mordeno on March 24 2012 12:08 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 March) – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño has proposed a government takeover of privatized power barges in Mindanao as an immediate step to address the reported power… »
Zambo business group airs concern over proposed power deal
By Mindanews on March 22 2012 7:44 am
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/21 March) – A business group has filed with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) a motion to intervene in the hearing relative to the application of the Zamboanga… »
MinDA seeks probe on power outages
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 11 2012 2:05 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/11 March) — The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has sought a congressional inquiry on the rotating daily power outages in the island, which “should not be that worse… »
Cheap power in Mindanao coming to an end
By Edwin G. Espejo on December 5 2011 8:40 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/04 December) — For the longest time, Mindanao enjoyed the benefit of cheap electricity generated by the hydroelectric plants of the Agus river system and the Pulangi… »
Steag not keen on acquiring Agus, Pulangi
By Cong Corrales on May 18 2011 8:10 am
MEDINA, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews/17 May) — Steag State Power Inc. has so far not shown interest in the impending sale next month of the Agus and Pulangi hydropower complexes under… »
Maasim coal power project construction to start in 3Q
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 11 2011 6:46 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – After several misses, the Alcantara-led $450-million coal-fired power project would be constructed starting in the third quarter of the year. Tomas I. Alcantara, chairman… »
Aboitiz coal-fired plant gets nod from barangay officials
By Mindanews on April 21 2011 7:47 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 Apr) – Aboitiz Power Corp.’s proposed 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant has gained the approval of Barangay Inawayan in Sta. Cruz town, Davao del Sur as its village… »
More hydro plants to lower Mindanao power rates – FIBECO
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on April 16 2011 6:43 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/15 April) – Officials of the First Bukidnon Electric Cooperative (Fibeco) underscored the need to construct more hydro electric power plants to pull down power rates… »
Davao begins review of Aboitiz’s proposed P25B coal-fired power plant
By Mindanews on March 3 2011 6:42 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/2 March) – The Sangguniang Panlungsod will soon start review of the proposal by Aboitiz Power Corp. to build a P25-billion coal-fired power plant in this city. The… »
Conal Holdings ‘close’ to signing contract with builder of 200mw coal plant
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 2 2011 7:19 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/1 March) – The Alcantara-led Conal Holdings Corp. is on the end stages of the detailed design and engineering studies for its $450-million coal-fired power plant in… »
Buseco to Bukidnon provincial board: ERC decides on power rates
By Walter I. Balane on February 24 2011 6:49 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 February) – It’s the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), not the Sangguniang Panlalawigan that sets electricity rates, Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative general manager Edgardo Masongsong today said, adding… »
Aboitiz eyes 51-hectare area as site for coal-fired plant in Davao
By Germelina Lacorte on February 10 2011 12:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/9 Feb) – Aboitiz Power Corporation is eyeing a 51-hectare property spanning Binugao and Inayawan barangays in the boundary areas of Santa Cruz town in Davao del Sur… »
Hedcor eyes five more run-of-river hydro plants in Mindanao
By Germelina Lacorte on February 6 2011 12:04 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 February) — The Aboitiz-owned Hydro-Electric Development Corporation (Hedcor) is eyeing five more run-of-river hydropower plants in at least three provinces in Mindanao, most of them within ancestral… »
Ensure stable power supply in Mindanao, biz sector tells NEDA
By Germelina Lacorte on January 29 2011 7:45 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 January) – Basic infrastructures, including stable power supply, topped the concerns raised by participants from the business sector during the regional consultation on the country’s development plan… »
No takers yet on proposed Pulangi V hydro project
By Walter I. Balane on January 21 2011 12:57 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/20 Jan) – There are no investors yet interested on the proposed Pulangi V hydroelectric power plant in southern Bukidnon and North Cotabato, according to Rene Cortizano, general… »
Bukidnon electric coops want Pulangi IV
By Walter I. Balane on January 15 2011 12:03 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/14 Jan) – At present they want the National Power Corporation and the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation to prioritize Bukidnon’s power demand requirement in using… »
Bukidnon to NPC and PSALM: “Give us priority”
By Walter I. Balane on January 11 2011 1:34 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (10 January/MindaNews) — “Give us priority,” provincial officials and the electric power cooperatives asked the National Power Corporation and the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM)… »
Cotelco giveth, Cotelco taketh away?
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 9 2011 7:24 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/08 January) – For the Cotabato Electric Cooperative, giving a five-percent discount to their consumers who are senior citizens as required by law, is a form of “social… »
Solar-powered condos in CDO draw Italian investors
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on January 5 2011 9:41 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/04 January) – A posh condominium project which will be partly powered by solar energy and “green architecture” in uptown Cagayan de Oro City has attracted… »
Kibawe's bio-ethanol plant: waiting for investors
By Walter I. Balane on November 29 2010 9:17 am
VALENCIA CITY (MindaNews/ 28 November) - Have investors backed out of the proposed bioethanol plant project in Kibawe town in southern Bukdinon? The plant was supposed to have been a… »
Greenpeace's 'Rainbow Warrior' docks in GenSan
By Bong S. Sarmiento on November 21 2010 12:59 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 Nov) — Rainbow Warrior, the vintage vessel of environmental activist Greenpeace, docked at the Makar Wharf here Friday morning as part of the “Turn the Tide… »
Oro power to get cheaper in 2011
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on November 14 2010 8:02 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/14 November) — The Cagayan de Oro Electric Power and Light Company (Cepalco) will cut power rates by an average of five centavos per kilowatt hour… »
Environment activists say coal-fired power plant is dirty technology
By Germelina Lacorte on November 13 2010 9:33 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 November)—Coal is neither cheap nor clean, environment activists today said in a gathering here of groups opposed to the plan of the Aboitiz Power Corp. to put… »
Solar-powered condo to rise in posh CDO subdivision
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on November 9 2010 10:47 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/09 November) – Mindanao’s first “green building” is being constructed in an uptown residential complex here. The 10-storey Primavera Condominiums inside the Pueblo de Oro complex… »
Mining industry to raise power demand in Mindanao by 1,000MW
By Germelina Lacorte on November 8 2010 11:26 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 November)—Mindanao will be short of 1,000 megawatts more, on top of the projected 484-megawatt shortfall in 2014, if the power need of the mining industry is also… »
Cepalco to pour more investments into solar power generation
By Froilan Gallardo on October 26 2010 11:24 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/26 October) – In Barangay Indahag of this port city, one can see row upon row of solar panels tilted towards the skies, drawing electricity from… »
Gov't still undecided on privatization of Mindanao's major hydropower complexes
By Germelina Lacorte on October 22 2010 6:23 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 October) — The government has remained non-committal on whether to push through with the privatization of Mindanao’s major hydropower complexes as provided for in the Electric Power… »
SouthCot power firm slashes rates
By Allen V. Estabillo on October 22 2010 6:21 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 October) – Power consumers here and in nearby South Cotabato and Sarangani provinces are in for another relief in their power bills after local power utility… »
Sering mad, Revilla sad on Mindanao's shift to non-renewable energy
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on October 21 2010 9:31 am
MANILA (MindaNews/20 October) — Climate Change Commissioner Lucille Sering is mad over proposals to set up a coal-fired power plant in her hometown in Surigao City, while actress-representative Lani Mercado-Revilla… »
No end in sight for higher power rates in Mindanao
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on October 18 2010 11:51 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/18 October) — Higher power rates will likely continue to hound consumers with petroleum-based fuels getting more share of Mindanao’s power grid even as the Department… »
Kidapawan to lose 63% in real estate taxes due to EDC exemption
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 15 2010 9:33 am
KIDAPAWAN City (MindaNews/14 Oct) — Starting next year, the city government of Kidapawan will lose at least 63 percent in its real property taxes due to the exemption granted to… »
Mayor Duterte in quandary over coal-fired power plant
By Germelina Lacorte on October 13 2010 1:04 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 October) — Mayor Sara Duterte hinted she might change her mind with regard to the proposal of a power firm to build a coal-fired power plant to… »
Higher power rates expected in Mindanao
By Mindanews on October 10 2010 11:22 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 October) — The business sector has warned of higher power rates in Mindanao as it chided the Department of Energy for allegedly misleading consumers on the… »
Kidapawan mayor not keen on endorsing drilling of another geothermal well
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 10 2010 11:21 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/10 October) — Mayor Rodolfo Gantuangco is not keen on endorsing another drilling of a geothermal well at the geothermal field of the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) in… »
NGCP, TMI told to refund power consumers
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on October 8 2010 7:24 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/08 October) – The Energy Regulatory Commission came out with a ruling on Tuesday denying the Ancillary Service Purchase Agreement (Aspa) petition of the Therma Marine… »
GenSan biz group asks Palace to act on power outages
By Allen V. Estabillo on September 27 2010 11:16 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 September) – The business community here urged the national government to intervene in the operations of the National Power Corporation’s (NPC) hydroelectric plants in the wake… »
P-Noy considering nuclear energy to solve Mindanao’s power shortage
By Germelina Lacorte on September 25 2010 1:07 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 September)—President Benigno Aquino III is seriously studying the proposal of Mindanao businessmen to tap nuclear energy in solving the impending power supply problems in Mindanao, Board of… »
Councilor warns higher power rates if Agus and Pulangui plants are privatized
By Germelina Lacorte on September 23 2010 8:36 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 September) — A city councilor warned that the impending privatization of Agus and Pulangi hydropower plants will only drive up the electricity cost in Mindanao, which is… »
Pulangi V proponents turn table on critics, opposition
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on September 19 2010 7:29 am
MALAYBALAY, Bukidnon (MindaNews/18 September 2010) — Proponents and critics of the proposed 300 mw Pulangi V hydroelectric power plant in southern Bukidnon and North Cotabato are on a head-on confrontation… »
Group builds micro-hydropower plant in T’boli village
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on September 17 2010 11:30 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/17 September) – Some 300 mostly T’boli households in Lake Sebu town in South Cotabato are seen to benefit from a clean energy source once the construction of… »
MinBizCon 2010 hit for focusing on investments prone to rights violations
By Cong Corrales on September 17 2010 8:10 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/16 Sept) — The biggest alliance of environmentalists in the country has chided the Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon), which gathers some 500 business leaders of the… »
9-hour power curtailment in 5 Mindanao provinces on Monday
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on September 12 2010 6:06 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/11 September) – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will implement on Monday a nine-hour power curtailment in five provinces in Mindanao. In a letter sent… »
Socoteco-II pushes energy-saving CFLs over incandescent bulbs
By Allen V. Estabillo on September 2 2010 10:34 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/2 Sept) — Power utility South Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Socoteco)-II has launched the distribution of some 132,000 compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) here and in nine other towns… »
NorthCot to collect P33.4M for hosting geothermal plants
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on August 29 2010 6:22 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/29 August) – Some P33.4 million from royalty tax for hosting the geothermal power plant of the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) within the Mount Apo National Park is… »
Electric coop to distribute CFLs in NoCot
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on August 13 2010 12:01 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/12 Aug) – Some 83,000 energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) will be distributed by the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) to its electricity consumers within three months’ time starting… »
ADB to support renewable energy projects in Mindanao
By Keith Bacongco on August 6 2010 12:01 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/5 Aug) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced today that it is willing to support energy projects for Mindanao to help avert power shortages in the future.… »
Power, mining key to improving Mindanao’s economy – Dureza
By Keith Bacongco on August 2 2010 1:09 am
HAGONOY, Davao del Sur (MindaNews/01 August) – Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chair Sec. Jesus Dureza on Saturday said the development of power and mining industries should be among the top… »
