The Department of Energy (DOE) will be locking horns with system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to resolve the “ mismatch ” in the country’s transmission development game plan, to ensure that the grid actually delivers where the capacities are needed....
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has won its arbitration case against the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) and the National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) regarding prepayment validity. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved an increase in the Feed-in Tariff Allowance (FIT-All) rate, which will soon take effect on the electricity bills of on-grid consumers. In a statement on Saturday, Feb. 22, the ERC said it greenlit a FIT-All charge of ₱0.1189 per kilowatt-hour...
(Unsplash) The National Transmission Corporation (Transco) has acknowledged before congressmen its backlogs in right-of-way (ROW) cases, including projects that go beyond their existence, as well as those that are related to the operation of...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seriously weighing the resumption of collection of the P0.0364 per kilowatt hour (kWh) feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) in the electric bills of all consumers, amid dwindling subsidy fund for renewable energy (RE) capacities. According to ERC Chairperson...
Amid the perceived security threats posed by the Chinese ownership of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. gave the go signal to Senator Raffy Tulfo to look into the real situation in the country’s energy grid systems operator....
The Commission on Audit has upheld the decision of two state-run firms engaged in power management and distribution to spend US$ 2.69 million (approximately P134.5 million) in hiring foreign and local lawyers, together with expert witnesses, for legal representation in the arbitration proceedings...
The financial affliction of the coronavirus pandemic, which triggered backlog in feed-in-tariff (FIT) payments to qualified renewable energy (RE) developers, is also seen to delay the reduction in subsidy costs for these clean energy technologies. According to Atty. Melvin Matibag, president of the...
A 10-year ‘graduation plan’ on systematic reduction and eventual scrapping of subsidy in off-grid areas, or those jurisdictions not physically connected to the main power grids, is being pushed by the Department of Energy. In a draft circular, the DOE directed the National Transmission...
Fund administrator National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) has applied for P32.331 billion worth of feed-in-tariff (FIT) subsidy that will be utilized as payment to qualified renewable energy (RE) developers for calendar year 2022. In its filing with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC),...
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...
With less than a year remaining for the Duterte administration, the Department of Energy (DOE) has named new Undersecretary Astravel “Astra” P. Naik, but whose function has not been clearly defined yet or laid down by the agency. In an in initial statement of the DOE on Wednesday (July 28), it...
