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...
Electricity consumers in Mindanao can soon exercise their ‘power of choice’ when it comes to their preferred electricity suppliers and on service that will fit their budgets, with the plan of the Department of Energy (DOE) to finally expand the coverage of Retail Competition and Open Access...
Despite a Covid-limped year, Garcia-led Vivant Energy Corporation is well on its way to doubling the growth of its capacity in the retail electricity market – with it aiming for 25 megawatts by yearend from a current portfolio of more than 13MW. “Right now, we are at 13.4MW, and based on what...
Citicore Power Inc., which is affiliated with the Megawide group, will be supplying 20 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) capacity to Shell Energy Philippines Inc., which is licensed as a retail electricity supplier (RES) under the retail competition and open access (RCOA) regime of the power...
At least 13 new customers – mostly buildings and water pumping stations in Metro Manila that include Maynilad Water Services Inc. – have switched electricity suppliers following the threshold lowering of the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) policy by February this year. In a briefing...
Power retail competition expanded More Filipino consumers can already exercise their ‘power of choice’ on their electricity service as the threshold for power retail competition will be brought down to 500 kilowatts by February 2021, based on the prescription of Retail Competition and Open...
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)....
