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                    [ArticleID] => 1544252
                    [Title] => Renewable energy, feed-in tariff temper higher costs
                    [Summary] => 

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.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-19 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1423023 [Title] => NREB seeks 2nd wave of feed-in tariff incentives for solar [Summary] =>

The National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) is working on a mutually acceptable solution among power industry players for a proposed second wave of feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentives for solar power.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20150213/Solar-Power-5.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1402454 [Title] => ‘Power shortage in 2015 inevitable’ [Summary] =>

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 to avert it.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1351120 [Title] => Power firms fear summer shortage [Summary] =>

Power generators said it would be difficult to provide up to 500 megawatts in additional capacity next year, which Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said is what the country needs to avert a power crisis.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140521/power-shortage-4.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1296717 [Title] => EDC earnings dip to P6.6 B on lower energy sales [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1263853 [Title] => EDC targets 147-MW power dispatch to Visayas grid [Summary] =>

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 in the region, which was damaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda.

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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.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1447313 [AuthorName] => Lalaine Jimenea [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 916581 [Title] => 4 more bodies found in landslide site [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1447313 [AuthorName] => Lalaine Jimenea [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 903103 [Title] => Meralco warns of blackouts [Summary] =>

Expect frequent blackouts across Luzon beginning this year if no new sources of power are established to support the country’s economic growth, Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) chairman Manuel Pangilinan said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img213/9468/gen2nor.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 900706 [Title] => PIPPA seeks gov’t assurance on supply, prices [Summary] =>

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 of more investments this year.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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