The Department of Energy (DOE) is batting for a flexible energy mix based on the country’s power requirements to foster competition as well as maintain an adequate and reliable electricity supply. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said the agency has formed an energy mix comprising of 70 percent baseload, 20 percent mid-merit and 10 percent peaking,…
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Cusi outlines Philippines LNG roadmap in Japan forum
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has outlined the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) roadmap to Japanese investors to encourage investments in the sector. Cusi, who is currently in Japan to attend the LNG Producer-Consumer Conference 2016, encouraged the international community to tighten partnerships in further developing and promoting the LNG industry, especially in the Philippines. “As…
Power cost seen rising next year due to FIT-All
Consumers will pay for higher power rates next year, or once the Energy Regulatory Commission approves the “close to P0.23 per kilowatt-hour” feed-in tariff application of National Transmission Corp. TransCo is set to file its feed-in tariff allowance application to the ERC next week. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, who sits on the TransCo board, told…
DOE: Nat’l consensus needed to reopen Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
The Department of Energy (DOE) said the government needs to get the people’s approval before the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant could be opened. “So with the directives of the Secretary [Alfonso Cusi], there is no clear direction on reopening the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. It has to be subjected or submitted to national consensus,”…
DOE, PSME sign pact to conduct audit of power facilities
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers (PSME) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to boost the DOE’s technical audit of the country’s generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. The MOA was signed August 25 at the Energy department’s Central Office in Taguig City, the DOE said in a statement Saturday….
Energy Chief sets top priorities
Incoming energy secretary Alfonso Cusi will continue to work on securing reliable power supply and aim to achieve lower power rates “in the eyes of the consumers.” In a chance interview with reporters yesterday, Cusi said he will resume all the programs his predecessor, outgoing Energy Secretary Zenaida Monsada, started. Read more here.
DOE taps UP for biodiesel roadmap study
The Department of Energy (DOE) is undertaking two studies on the implementation of a new roadmap for biodiesel to balance its benefits to coconut farmers and impact to consumers. Outgoing DOE Secretary Zenaida Monsada said the agency has engaged another party to do research on biodiesel and its impact on fuel prices. This study, which would be…
PIDS, DOE: Don’t repeal EPIRA
The DOE and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) are against repealing the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001. Instead, they called for improvements in the implementation of energy deregulation. DOE Secretary Zenaida Monsada said Monday on the sidelines of a forum on better efficiency in government services that the Epira was working…
Incoming DOE Sec promises reliable but affordable power supply
Former airport manager and incoming DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Saturday promised to ensure reliable, but affordable power supply. Cusi was general manager of the Manila International Airport Authority and former director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. Read more here.
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