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Oil prices have minimal impact on power rates: DOE

Oil prices have minimal impact on power rates: DOE
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Oil price hikes minimal impact on power rates: DOE

MANILA - The recent increases in oil prices will have minimal impact on power rates, Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr. said Wednesday. During the Laging Handa briefing, Erguiza said "very few" power plants in the country are fueled by oil. Most of the country's power plants are coal-fired and run by renewable sources. "We do not have a problem (on power rates due to oil price hike) because for other sources like coal and the renewable sources, we don't have (supply) problem," he said in Filipino. Erguiza added the current situation in the oil market is mostly affecting the transport sector. Oil firms on Tuesday hiked pump prices for six consecutive weeks. Year-to-date, price adjustments posted an increase of PHP16.55 per liter for gasoline, PHP15 for diesel, and PHP13 for kerosene. The DOE official said oil price increases in the past weeks were brought by tighter global supply amid rising demand as economic activities peaked

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