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                    [Title] => First Gen to raise Palinpinon geothermal capacity by 12%
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Lopez-led First Gen Corp. is upgrading its Palinpinon-1 geothermal power plant in Negros Oriental, raising the facility’s installed capacity by 12 percent as the company seeks to extract more power from its existing renewable-energy assets.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804802 [AuthorName] => Ehda M. Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2558340 [Title] => Group supports move to revert transmission planning to government [Summary] =>

The Cebu Energy Rights Advocates (CERA) has thrown its support behind a proposal in Congress to return national grid transmission planning to the government, which would take the function away from the privately owned National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2558023 [Title] => To conserve energy, save costs: City Hall back to 4-day week [Summary] =>

Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival has reinstated the four-day work week for City Hall employees, citing energy conservation and cost-saving measures amid rising fuel and commodity prices and recurring rotational brownouts.

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Lopez-led First Gen Corp. is holding on to Energy Development Corp. (EDC), the country’s largest geothermal company, despite a $5-billion (about P315 billion) offer from Indonesia’s Barito Group.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808224 [AuthorName] => Brix Lelis [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/09/20/1_2026-09-20_18-10-47221_thumbnail.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2556017 [Title] => DOE failure [Summary] =>

Pity Energy Secretary Sharon Garin. She is from Iloilo and like the rest of Visayas, Iloilo has been suffering from power failures reminiscent of the great blackouts of the Cory era. And Secretary Garin seems unable to offer hope.

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Pangilinan-led PXP Energy Corp. and its partners estimate that the Halcon exploration prospect in the Sulu Sea could contain more recoverable gas than previously projected.

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Available power supply is projected to fall below peak demand in both grids.

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Energy firms controlled by Ang-led San Miguel Corp. and the Aboitiz Group have placed the best bids to supply 600 megawatts (MW) of power to utility giant Manila Electric Co.

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The government is cracking the whip on non-compliant power generation companies, with at least 40 gencos facing suspension for continuing to snub show-cause orders (SCOs).

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Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano said that Legarda is currently having her third extension of a travel authority granted for medical reasons.

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                    [Title] => First Gen to raise Palinpinon geothermal capacity by 12%
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Lopez-led First Gen Corp. is upgrading its Palinpinon-1 geothermal power plant in Negros Oriental, raising the facility’s installed capacity by 12 percent as the company seeks to extract more power from its existing renewable-energy assets.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804802 [AuthorName] => Ehda M. Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2558340 [Title] => Group supports move to revert transmission planning to government [Summary] =>

The Cebu Energy Rights Advocates (CERA) has thrown its support behind a proposal in Congress to return national grid transmission planning to the government, which would take the function away from the privately owned National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2558023 [Title] => To conserve energy, save costs: City Hall back to 4-day week [Summary] =>

Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival has reinstated the four-day work week for City Hall employees, citing energy conservation and cost-saving measures amid rising fuel and commodity prices and recurring rotational brownouts.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804829 [AuthorName] => Caecent No-ot Magsumbol [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2557658 [Title] => First Gen: No plan to sell EDC [Summary] =>

Lopez-led First Gen Corp. is holding on to Energy Development Corp. (EDC), the country’s largest geothermal company, despite a $5-billion (about P315 billion) offer from Indonesia’s Barito Group.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808224 [AuthorName] => Brix Lelis [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/09/20/1_2026-09-20_18-10-47221_thumbnail.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2556017 [Title] => DOE failure [Summary] =>

Pity Energy Secretary Sharon Garin. She is from Iloilo and like the rest of Visayas, Iloilo has been suffering from power failures reminiscent of the great blackouts of the Cory era. And Secretary Garin seems unable to offer hope.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136475 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2554057 [Title] => PXP, partners see bigger gas potential in Sulu Sea [Summary] =>

Pangilinan-led PXP Energy Corp. and its partners estimate that the Halcon exploration prospect in the Sulu Sea could contain more recoverable gas than previously projected.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808224 [AuthorName] => Brix Lelis [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2553746 [Title] => Plant outages put Visayas, Mindanao grids under 9-hour red alerts [Summary] =>

Available power supply is projected to fall below peak demand in both grids.

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Energy firms controlled by Ang-led San Miguel Corp. and the Aboitiz Group have placed the best bids to supply 600 megawatts (MW) of power to utility giant Manila Electric Co.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808224 [AuthorName] => Brix Lelis [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/09/02/meralco2021-07-0419-24-29_2026-09-02_19-57-25875_thumbnail.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2551290 [Title] => DOE: 40 erring power firms face suspension [Summary] =>

The government is cracking the whip on non-compliant power generation companies, with at least 40 gencos facing suspension for continuing to snub show-cause orders (SCOs).

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Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano said that Legarda is currently having her third extension of a travel authority granted for medical reasons.

[DatePublished] => 2026-08-19 10:29:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807953 [AuthorName] => Ian Laqui [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/03/28/2-5_2026-03-28_22-09-25118_thumbnail.jpg ) ) )
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