LNG terminals needed before Malampaya supply runs dry
Senator Win Gatchalian has set in motion the Senate deliberations on a measure that will further develop the natural gas industry, providing for a replacement of the Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project even before its supply runs out and avert possible rotational brownouts beginning 2022. He said that Senate Bill No. 1819 was introduced […]
Extended subsidized electricity bill awaits low-income households in 2021
Glad tidings for the more than five million underprivileged Filipino families as Senator Win Gatchalian said the proposed measure seeking to extend for another 10 years the subsidy in their electric bills has inched closer to being enacted, just in time before it expires next year. Those consuming electricity of not more than 100 […]
Resolution to review toll operators’ concession deals on RFID filed; toll holiday needed
Senator Win Gatchalian formally asked the Senate to review the minimum performance standards compliance of toll operators stipulated in their concession agreements as well as the powers and functions of the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB), the government agency that regulates all toll roads in the country. Gatchalian, in filing Monday afternoon Senate Resolution No. […]
Senate Bill providing full electrification to all households pushed
Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for a measure that will remove barriers to the development of the microgrid system in the country and help realize the government’s key energy policy thrust of providing electricity access to all Filipino households by 2022. “A hundred percent electrification will have an enormous impact on reducing energy poverty […]
DOE budget amended to cushion effects of high energy costs
Senator Win Gatchalian has amended the budget of the Department of Energy (DOE) and proposed an additional P46 million for next year to fund studies on new technologies that will maximize indigenous resources, lowering the cost of energy in the country. “We have to invest in research to explore the potentials of emerging energy […]
More funds needed to repair power lines destroyed by typhoons
Senator Win Gatchalian called for more than a 100-percent increase in an item in the proposed P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021 that will fund the electric cooperatives’ (EC) repair of damaged power lines and infrastructures. In sponsoring the National Electrification Administration’s (NEA) proposed budget, Gatchalian proposed an additional P550 million in the P200 million allocation for the Electric Cooperatives […]
Aid provided to Marikina residents
Senator Win Gatchalian is visiting Marikina City, one of the cities hardest hit by typhoon Ulysses that battered Luzon, to be apprised of the power supply situation. Gatchalian, Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, noted that some parts of the city are still submerged in mud and remain to have unstable electricity supply as […]
Senate to resume probe on Malampaya’s depleting supply
The Senate inquiry on the impending expiration of Service Contract 38 or the Malampaya Deep Water Gas-to-Power Project, along with issues surrounding its operation and management, has been set on Tuesday, November 10. Senate Energy Committee Chairman Senator Win Gatchalian, one of the proponents of the resolution on the conduct of an inquiry in […]
Maximize the potential of renewable energy in PH amid COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to reduction in fossil fuel consumption, Senator Win Gatchalian urged the government to maximize the potential of renewable energy resources in the country and step up the energy transition. “Now is the time to give renewable energy sources a boost as recent months have shown an increase in […]
