Press Releases
MGen site activities resume as govt eases quarantine restrictions
Site activities of Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen) project companies have resumed following the easing of quarantine restrictions being imposed by the Philippine government amid the COVID-19 pandemic. These activities were suspended on March 18 after Luzon was...
RP Energy teams up with One Meralco Foundation to support PRC’s COVID-19 fight
In The Photo (L-R): Vilma Feji, PRC-Olongapo Chapter Administrator, Wilma Eisma, SBMA Chairperson and Administrator, Jason Gavina, RP Energy CSR Manager and Jeffrey Tarayao, One Meralco Foundation President Redondo Peninsula Energy, Inc. (RP Energy), through...
INFOGRAPHIC: A1E, technical partners support fight against COVID-19
MGen, project companies support the fight against COVID-19; turn over PhP1.5 Million worth of goods to Quezon province
MGen and SBPL on May 1 turned over PhP1.5 Million worth of relief support to Quezon Provincial Government. In the photo are Patrick Collantes of MGen/A1E, Ma. Christina Talavera of the Office of Gov. Danilo Suarez, and Chuckie Rivera of SBPL. Meralco PowerGen...
MGen site activities suspended
In line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s order on the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen) would like to announce that activities at sites owned by its project companies have been suspended since...
In the News
MGen eyes floating solar installation in Laguna Lake
By Victor V. Saulon | BusinessWorld MERALCO POWERGEN Corp. (MGen) is venturing into a floating solar energy installation in Laguna Lake, which its president said is a cheaper option for its renewables subsidiary than land-based solar farms. “We are in the process of...
Meralco Plans to Build Solar Project on Laguna Lake
By JORDEENE B. LAGARE |Manila Times THE Manila Electric Co. ( Meralco), through its renewable energy ( RE) arm, plans to build a floating solar project on Laguna Lake, according to an official. In an interview on Tuesday, Meralco PowerGen Corp. ( MGen)...
Ensuring energy security
By Joe R. Zaldarriaga | Daily Tribune This new technology called supercritical simply means that its efficiency level is higher than that of standard coal plants currently producing power all over the country. Just this week, no less than the President of the...
Duterte tells power operators: Beyond profits, provide people affordable electricity
By Argyll Cyrus Geducos | Manila Bulletin President Duterte reminded power operators of their objective to provide the public affordable energy and protect the environment and the welfare of their host communities. Duterte made the statement as he led the switch-on...
Provide affordable energy, Du30 tells power operators
By MJ Blancaflor | Manila Standard President Rodrigo Duterte has urged power operators to provide affordable energy and protect the environment, as he asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Energy to monitor the compliance of...
Power generation firms urged to put up plants, boost supply
By Joann Villanueva | Philippine News Agency MAUBAN, QUEZON -- The Philippine government has adopted a technology-neutral policy to entice more generation companies to put up power plants and help ensure power sustainability and boost growth. In his speech during...
MGen launches Mauban plant with promise of cleaner coal tech
By Victor V. Saulon | BusinessWorld COAL TECHNOLOGY is getting cleaner and remains the most cost-efficient choice under current government policy on power generation, which is “technology neutral,” the head of a major power generating firm said. Rogelio L....
Meralco unit, Thai firm switch on Quezon plant
By Danessa Rivera | The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — The joint venture of Meralco Powergen Corp. (MGen) and Thailand’s Electricity Generating Public Co. Ltd. (EGCO) has switched on its 500-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Quezon. The plant is touted...
Meralco opens P56-billion supercritical coal-fired power plant in Quezon
By Alena Mae S. Flores | Manila Standard Mauban, Quezon―San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. on Tuesday inaugurated a P56.2-billion supercritical coal-fired power plant here to provide 500 megawatts of additional supply to the Luzon grid. The country’s first and...
455-MW Meralco-EGCO plant switches on
By Myrna M. Velasco | Manila Bulletin MAUBAN, Quezon – At this time when Luzon grid has been experiencing fresh round of supply tightness, the switch-on and official market debut of the P56.2 billion San Buenaventura Power Co. Ltd. (SBPL) coal-fired generating...