No politics in canceled contracts of Leviste firms – DOEMANILA, Philippines — Energy Secretary Sharon Garin has maintained that politics is not the reason why renewable energy contracts tied to firms owned by Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste were canceled. Over the past two years, the DOE has canceled 33 of 43 contracts awarded to Solar Philippines Power Plant Holdings Inc. for being deemed “zombie contracts,” with the firm incurring penalties of P24 billion. These deals account for more than 11,400 megawatts of the total capacity of all contracts terminated in 2024 and 2025. She admitted that the terminated contracts are “not good” in the country’s renewable energy targets. “Yes, it’s not good, but we’ll reach our targets because we have foreseen this and we have plans to make up for the terminated contracts,” Garin said.

Source: Philippine Star January 15, 2026 16:35 UTC