SINGAPORE: Energy connectivity in Southeast Asia could benefit from a feasibility study conducted by Singapore and the United States. Amidst the US-Southeast Asia Clean Energy Roundtable in Singapore on Thursday, Tan See Leng, Singapore’s Second Minister of Trade and Industry, and US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met (Jul 14). Friday, they issued a joint ministerial statement reiterating their commitment to …

ASEAN – According to an energy expert, making Singapore’s plan to import clean energy from its Southeast Asian neighbors a reality would depend on the region’s capacity to work together to overcome any disparities as it accesses renewable resources that are spread out. Dr Victor Nian, an adviser at the independent think-tank Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources, said regulators …

Philippines – Having something like one thermal energy station in the nation will guarantee lower power rates for Filipinos, official applicant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and his running mate Davao City chairman Sara Duterte-Carpio, referred to their adherents as “UniTeam“, said on Tuesday. They offered this expression after it was reported that President Rodrigo Duterte marked a chief request (EO) presenting …

Singapore- Energy Market Authority (EMA) has announced that Singapore will import electricity from Peninsular Malaysia under a two-year trial run. According to EMA, the trial aims to “assess and refine the technical and regulatory frameworks” for importing electricity. It further added that Singapore decided to change the way it produces and uses energy to meet the country’s climate change commitments …

Laos is expected to pass majority ownership of its electrical grid to a Chinese firm as it tries to keep off a possible debt default, said people with direct knowledge of the deal.The agreement comes at a time when critics accuse Beijing of ‘debt trapping diplomacy’ to gain strategic advantage in countries struggling to repay loans under President Xi Jinping’s …

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Erick Thohir finally spoke about the electricity bill of customers that surged up during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Erick asserted, there was an increase in the customer’s electricity bill because there was an uncollected electricity consumption cost the previous month. Thus, Erick denied there was an increase in electricity bills from state-owned electricity PT Perusahaan …

MANILA – The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) on Monday announced that customers can expect a lower electricity in June, amid months of power rates increase. In an advisory, customers consuming 200 kWh per month will have a reduced rate of ₱4 in their billing, while ₱6 for 300kwh, ₱8 for 400 kWh and ₱12 for those consumers with 500 kWh. …

Social media was recently enlivened by complaints from citizens about electricity bills for household customers in May 2020 which tripled. Soaring electricity bills are not only experienced by a number of ordinary customers. This was also experienced by one of the directors of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero). PLN Director of Human Capital Management Syofvie Felianti Roekman admitted, his electricity …

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, people were shocked by the surge in PLN electricity bills. Public complaints through the Twitter account of PLN @pln_123 earlier this month, complaining about a significant increase in their electricity bill up to 90 percent. This unusual increase was experienced by postpaid electricity customers. The average electricity consumption of the community has indeed …

State-owned electricity firm PLN has announced its intention to supply Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) on 450-volt ampere (VA) contracts with six months of free electricity as part of the government’s latest expansion of social aid. According to PT PLN (Persero) president director Zulkifli Zaini, the company has started gathering data of around 500,000 pre-paid customers from small businesses …