Singapore could start importing two gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy annually from Indonesia within five years, in what is the Republic’s biggest effort so far to import low-carbon electricity.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): The federal government is in the final stages of discussions with Sarawak over a proposal to sell energy from the Borneo state to Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told Parliament on Tuesday.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is studying to connect Palawan to northern Borneo through a power transmission project, as a way to solve the province’s power woes and to enhance regional energy connectivity.

MANILA, Philippines — A consumer advocacy group asked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to halt the imposition of pass-through charges on electricity bills, aligning with his recent decision to suspend pass-through fees levied by local government units on motor vehicles carrying goods or merchandise.

National utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will spend VND1.1 trillion ($45.26 million) to connect a power plant in Laos with Vietnam’s grid to import electricity.

MANILA – A more rapid deployment of renewable energy is among the game-changing reforms the energy sector needs to alleviate the burden of high power rates on consumers, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines — Rates of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) are up for the second straight month this month as a result of higher generation and transmission charges. Meralco said overall electricity rate for a typical household went up by P0.4201 per kilowatt-hour to P11.8198 this month from P11.3997 per kWh in September.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): The Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca) advised the public to use goods or services sustainably to avoid wastage as the world is currently facing an energy crisis.

The new power tariff of 3.99 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit), which reduces electricity bills for the last four months of this year, has taken effect, following approval from the Energy Regulatory Commission, which was instructed to enact the government’s energy price policies.

Prime Minister Hun Manet reaffirmed that the government will continue subsidizing electricity for households as global energy prices remain high. “The Cambodian government will not increase the electricity price, despite the government having to pay millions of dollars a month to ease the burden of citizens nationwide, including the workers,” the Prime Minister said at […]