TORONTO – The Nuclear Energy Program Inter-Agency Committee (NEPIAC) led by the Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking the concurrence of the Department of Finance (DOF) to a proposed deal with the South Korean government on a new feasibility study that must be undertaken to re-assess technical...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Thursday, May 25 reiterated his call for Congress to revisit the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), noting that it has failed to bring down the cost of electricity in the country. Ejercito said it is “possible to amend” the law “because...
Senators on Wednesday, May 24 expressed their disappointment after officials of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) confirmed earlier claims that most of its profits went to the pockets its stockholders. This was bared by NGCP Assistant Corporate Secretary Ronald Dylan Concepcion...
Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco While the House Committee on Energy is "very committed" to the efforts to amend the 22-year-old Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), it says the Senate should also get a move on things. During a briefing held by the committee with energy...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seriously considering the establishment of ‘rate affordability tracker,’ so the Filipino consumers can be apprised on the measures as well as policy developments being pursued by the government and industry players on bringing down electricity tariffs in...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is lining up the 728-megawatt Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) hydropower plant next in the auction block for the continuing privatization of government-owned power assets. According to PSALM President and CEO Dennis Edward...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has vowed to implement measures that will lessen the cost of electricity in the country, which is described as one of the most expensive in Asia. One of the measures being eyed is the continuity of lifeline rate subsidy as among the programs that is seen as an...
The government, via the collaborative efforts between the Department of Energy (DOE) and Congress, will be exploring public-private partnership (PPP) or build-operate-transfer (BOT) arrangement for the deployment of nuclear power technologies in the country, be it for the installation of small...
The Office of the President has released on Wednesday, Aug. 3, the appointment papers of the new Energy Regulatory Commission chairperson lawyer Monalisa Carneo Dimalanta, who served as chief legal counsel and compliance Officer of Aboitiz Power Corporation prior to her appointment. Dimalanta, an...
With an instruction from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the new leadership at the Department of Energy (DOE) will push for amendments in Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) that will primarily focus on strengthening the role of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)...
UP to kick off power retail aggregation phase By MYRNA M. VELASCO The era of retail competition in the restructured electricity sector will finally enter the "aggregation phase" starting off with the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City which contiguous areas and their end-users...
Though he is grateful to President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for considering him as Department of Energy secretary, House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta said that he is not jostling for the position, adding that he could have done more if he won a seat in the Senate. Deputy Speaker and SAGIP...
