Luzon’s plummeting spot market prices are set to provide buffer against electricity rate hikes this month, though persistent grid bottlenecks mean the Visayas and Mindanao regions will be excluded from the relief.

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS) will be observing a four-day onsite work week starting March 9 in line with the government’s energy conservation efforts.

MANILA – State agencies have been directed to strictly implement the Government Energy Management Program (GEMP) to save energy and cushion the impact of the ongoing Middle East conflict on domestic oil supply.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is working with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to intensify monitoring against possible hoarding and profiteering in the sale of petroleum products amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Continuing concerns over the Middle East conflict may push next week’s fuel pump prices even higher than recent projections, while the government awaits the decision of petroleum companies on possibly implementing staggered increases.

Electricity prices in the country are expected to increase following the upward movement of global fuel prices due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said Friday

Kaawa-awa ang mga kababayan natin sa Tagum City, Island Garden City of Samal, at ilang mga munisipalidad ng Davao del Norte at Davao de Oro na matagal nang nakararanas ng suliranin sa suplay ng kuryente.

The Department of Energy (DoE) is planning to launch the first auction dedicated to gas-fired power generation, with the aim of raising the proportion of reliable capacity that will support the influx of intermittent clean-energy projects.

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is urging the government to adopt a “balanced and evidence-based” approach to the proposed nationwide four-day work week, warning that blanket implementation could cripple output in the country’s industrial heartland.

STATE-RUN Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) may procure at least 1 million barrels of diesel from neighboring countries and sell to oil companies at no additional cost, an official from the Department of Energy (DOE) said late Thursday.