ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro wants electricity bills waived for households severely affected by typhoon “Kristine”, as she highlights the need for “compassionate policies” to...
President Marcos has directed the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to study the possible implementation of temporary relief on electricity bill payments in areas under state of calamity due to Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Kristine. Residents of Vista Verde Executive Village in Cainta, Rizal use...
After this week’s first Commission meeting under Officer-in-Charge Chairperson and CEO Jesse Hermogenes Andres, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has agreed to expedite approvals of the certificates of compliance (COCs) or the licenses needed by new power plants to start generating...
Client-awardees of the Renewable Energy Enabler Awards (REENA) bestowed by ACEN Managing Director and COO for Philippine Operations Miguel de Jesus and Ayala Corporation Chief Sustainability and Risk Officer Jaime Urquijo. A scion of the Zobel-led conglomerate has called on businesses...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation will supply geothermal-generated electricity to global cement firm Holcim for the operation of its manufacturing plants in Mindanao. That green power supply draw will be a key component of the latter’s decarbonization journey. In the power supply agreement (PSA)...
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation is stepping up competition in retail market space of the power industry, as it is strategically gearing up to reign as ‘green solutions provider’ to commercial and industrial (C&I) end-users that are advancing their net zero and sustainability goals. At the...
There’s still no way out for many consumers on upturn in their electric bills, as the pass-on tariff of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will slightly go up by P0.0327 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in this August billing cycle. Following that upward adjustment, the overall rate to...
The substantial delay in the regulatory approval of power supply agreements (PSAs) was among the factors blamed in the never-ending high electricity rates burden of the Filipino consumers – and that had been particularly manifest in this year’s summer months because many power utilities were...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has logged roughly P50 billion worth of aggregate savings for customers that have been availing of electricity services from the retail electricity suppliers (RES). According to ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta, the scale of cost savings registered by RES...
The Ayala group will be dangling a bundled package of renewable energy (RE) and electric vehicles (EVs) in its offer of contracts to targeted customers in the space being served by retail electricity suppliers (RES) in the restructured power sector. With its suite of service-offers that will not...
Prior to trading resumption in the reserve market, the Department of Energy (DOE) has instructed the operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to issue guidelines on the synchronization of dispatch intervals for both traded energy capacities and ancillary services for an efficient...
Alcantara-led Alsons Power has sealed its first retail electricity supply (RES) agreement with Holcim Philippines, Inc., a leading supplier of cement and construction aggregates in the country. In the power supply deal inked by the parties, it was stipulated that “Alsons Power will supply 80% of...