The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) has deferred to middle of next year the commercial operations of the new market management system (NMMS) or the modified trading platform of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved and issued 37,817 certificates of compliance (COCs), or the licenses that the qualified industry players would need so they can continually operate their facilities. The issued COCs, according to the industry regulator, were as of September 30...
Consunji-led firm Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) has terminated its joint venture agreement (JVA) with Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen) for the previously proposed 700-megawatt St. Raphael Power Generation Corporation (SRPGC) in Calaca, Batangas. The deal between SMPC and MGen was...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has cautioned power utilities in typhoon-hit areas that they would still need to comply with prescribed service levels that’s why they cannot afford to be moving too slow in the restoration of electricity service for their customers. Citing prevailing rules...
Registration with the operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) will no longer be mandated if retail competition and open access (RCOA) will already reach the level of household consumers, according to the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP)....
With the energization of its new 138-kilovolt (kV) Butuan-Placer transmission line this month, system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) indicated that reliability on wheeling of generated power will be scaled up in northeastern Mindanao. The recently completed project...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has openly declared its ‘preferential treatment’ for renewable energy (RE) projects, but the government’s attention is also being called on managing concerns of efficient grid integration to avoid brownouts; as well as the competition that massive solar farm...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) was urged to undertake virtual public consultations on its “no disconnection policy” for the power industry, so consumers and the distribution utilities (DUs) would not keep guessing how this particular rule would be enforced....
The forthcoming maintenance schedule of the Malampaya gas production facility next month is expected to trigger hikes in the electricity bills that will be dispatched to Filipino consumers around Christmas time. The Malampaya gas field uses an innovative and sustainable deepwater technology for...
Roughly 2.77 million lifeline customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will experience discounts ranging from P114 to P206 in their electric bills next month, in line with the utility firm’s implementation of part of the sanctions enforced upon it by the Energy Regulatory Commission. Based...
A proposed Natural Gas Industry Bill in the Senate is eyeing to enforce two-tiered permitting for liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals to clearly demarcate if the facility is for the own-use of the owner and operator; and a separate permit is required if it targets to market the gas...
