The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has laid down the rules that will delineate the qualification of consumers that can avail of the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) or those that can secure or contract for electricity supply from renewable energy (RE) suppliers. ERC LOGO As the regulatory...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Sunday, August 15 decried the audacity at which the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) warned of future increases in electricity rates if it continues to contract suppliers for larger power reserves. Hontiveros said she is wondering how the NGCP is bold...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should direct its distribution utilities (DUs) to suspend all disconnection activities within its franchise area that are placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified ECQ, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Thursday. Gatchalian, chair of the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday reiterated her call for authorities to suspend any power rate increase until the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is able to provide a clear and justifiable reason on the rising cost of electricity and investigation on the rotational blackouts is completed....
Customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will need to shell out higher budget for their electric bills this month as the company’s overall tariff inched up by P0.0965 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to P9.0036 per kWh from last month’s P8.9071 per kWh. 25058 The power firm said electricity rate...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will expand the coverage of its ‘no service disconnection’ policy to at least three provinces during the state-mandated modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in these areas. 24450 In a statement to the media, the utility firm said...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) sought collaboration with the industry stakeholders, primarily with the Department of Energy (DOE), on its bid to finally resolve issues hounding the country’s power system – including those on reserves, transmission facility...
In this year’s “ghost month”, the erring power generation companies (GenCos) that caused the May 31-June 1 rotational blackouts will be fervidly haunted as steep penalties on their violations of ‘forced outages that had gone beyond the allowable indices’ will finally be meted. In a...
The power retailing segment of the restructured electricity sector still crowned power giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) as the biggest player with 37-percent market share, according to a report of the Department of Energy. The other players that have been elbowing Meralco in the competitive...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is prodded to impose penalties against the generation companies (GenCos) that have caused unwarranted rate hikes during the power supply-strained summer months. That has been the demand of several consumer groups, led by the Power for People Coalition (P4P),...
An official of the Department of Energy (DOE), who reportedly resigned recently from his post, is well anticipated by power industry players as the next president of the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC), which is the governance body of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM)....
The participation of businesses or companies with self-generating assets is being sought, so they can switch on their own facilities when electricity supply in the grid would run tight in the coming weeks. This particular plea was put forward by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC); and to...
