New body proposed to regulate energy prices
Energy authorities will be given more power to regulate domestic oil and cooking gas prices through taxes and subsidies under a new law, says Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga.
Fuel businesses and consumer rights must go hand-in-hand
Fuel prices remain a thorny issue for regulators, mainly on how to calculate retail prices with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) saying the central government does not want to impose pricing, but it will take actions to ensure consumer rights are protected.
Vietnam allows big companies to buy clean energy directly to meet their climate targets
Vietnam will let electricity-guzzling factories buy electricity from wind and solar power producers, helping big companies like Samsung Electronics meet their climate targets and relieving pressure on the country’s overstrained grid.
Power bills capped for the rest of the year
The cabinet has approved the capping of power bills at 4.18 baht per unit until the end of the year and set the diesel price ceiling at 33 baht per litre until Oct 31.
430,000 Meralco customers experience power interruptions amid ‘Carina’
Around 430,000 Meralco customers have experienced power interruptions on Wednesday due to the combined effects of Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) and the southwest monsoon.
Philippines’ President Marcos Outlines Strategies To Combat High Electricity Costs And Power Shortages
In his third State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reassured the public that his administration is actively working to tackle the high cost of electricity in the Philippines.
Update on Malaysia’s national climate change bill will be shared in September, with public consultation launched thereafter
Malaysia’s highly-anticipated National Climate Change bill is making steady progress and the results of a roadshow by NRES (Ministry of National Resources and Environmental Sustainability) across Malaysian states will be shared in September, then thereafter launched for a public consultation for a month for feedback, Minister YB Nik Nazmi bin Nik Ahmad said at the Unlocking […]
Beleaguered Indonesian civil society gets lift in push for just energy transition
Civil society organizations in Indonesia are getting a boost to ensure their participation in the country’s clean energy transition and land stewardship, amid an increasingly hostile climate for groups advocating for environmental and social rights.
