The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has urged the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) to adhere to the amended rules set forth by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on the approval of capital expenditures (capex) before key projects are implemented in their respective service...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has enforced a band-aid measure to lower power rates by extending the suspension of the feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) for another six months. FIT-All, which is a subsidy cost being collected from all ratepayers to incentivize qualified renewable energy...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said it will opt for "rate flexibility" in the power supply agreements (PSAs) that distribution utilities (DUs) will be underwriting with generation companies (GenCos), once they win capacities in the conduct of competitive selection process (CSP) by the power...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are being urged to accelerate the clean-up of the list of electric consumers entitled to the government's "lifeline subsidy rate" to help tame the country’s rising inflation rate. Senate Committee on...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is reviewing the appeal of generation companies (GenCos) for possible upward adjustment in the secondary price cap (SPC) of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) as existing rate could no longer support warranted return on investments (ROIs) if they...
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), as a representing counsel for the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), is opposed the consolidation of the cases relating to the junked rate hike on the power supply agreements (PSAs) of the two corporate vehicles of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp (SMCGP)...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is confident that the launching of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao will prop up investments and economic activity in the region that would eventually translate to more jobs. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy...
In upholding greater public interest and to spare consumers from unwarranted power service interruptions, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued amended rules allowing big-ticket customers to change retail electricity suppliers (RES) even if they still have unresolved dispute with their...
More than 11,000 residents of the California Garden Square (CGS) condominium in Mandaluyong City, are intensifying their call on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for immediate intervention to prevent disconnection of their electricity services. The urgent plea to the regulatory body followed...
The 13th division of the Court of Appeals (CA) has granted the petition for writ of preliminary injunction (WPI) lodged by South Premiere Power Corporation (SPPC), a subsidiary of SMC Global Power Holdings of the San Miguel group, that will continually suspend the implementation of its power supply...
The 16th division of the Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the petition of San Miguel Energy Corporation (SMEC) for a temporary restraining order (SMEC) on its supply of 330-megawatt capacity to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) from the Sual coal-fired power plant. With the appellate court’s...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be requiring the generation companies (GenCos) to submit additional reports, detailing monthly operational data of their power plants, sales, power supply and fuel consumption, that could help the government improve its monitoring, planning as well as on policy...
