The Department of Energy (DOE) is undertaking a series of public consultation to solicit stakeholder-inputs and comments on the proposed revision of the competitive selection process (CSP) or the bidding system for power supply agreements (PSAs) of distribution utilities. The energy department...
At least 2.6 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will continue to receive discounts in their electric bills as mandated under Republic Act 11552 or the Extended Lifeline Rate Act. According to Meralco Vice President Lawrence S. Fernandez, the total amount of rate discounts to...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be revising the rules that will set reliability indices for power plant operations, primarily their permissible allowance on planned and forced outages. According to ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta, the existing reliability index is “very...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will no longer issue “certificates of exemption” (COEs) on the competitive selection process (CSP) requirement for distribution utilities' (DUs) supply procurement underpinned by their power supply agreements. In an advisory issued on April 3 this year, Energy...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has kicked off its collaboration with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) for the establishment of an electricity affordability index so Filipino consumers can fully track and be guided on the variation of the tariffs they have been paying...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has admitted weakness in investigating anti-competitive behavior, especially for company participants that are trading their generated capacities in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). Given this difficulty in its market policing power, ERC...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has set at 6,367,759 megawatts the maximum installed capacity a generation company (GenCo) can own and could dispatch nationwide to ensure market competition. The limit is based on the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), which provides the market share...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has filed its motion for reconsideration (MR) with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for its request to be allowed monthly renewal of its ancillary services (AS) contracts while its procurement processes for power reserves are...
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...
In discussion with the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has tackled issues in the processing of permits for energy projects which have always been the biggest headache for investors, especially foreign firms that are not familiar with the socio-political terrain...
The GNPower Dinginin (GNPD) coal-fired power plant, which is a joint venture of Aboitiz Power and the Ayala group, is supplying 300-megawatt capacity to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) at a much higher rate of P8.5250 per kilowatt hour (kWh), according to a top executive of the utility firm. The...
The GNPower Dinginin (GNPD) coal-fired power plant, which is a joint venture of Aboitiz Power and the Ayala group, is supplying 300-megawatt capacity to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) at a much higher rate of P8.5250 per kilowatt hour (kWh), according to a ranking executive of the utility firm....
