Construction companies owned by Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya and Cezarah Rowena “Sarah” Discaya could face fines totaling P300 billion for allegedly rigging more than 1,200 flood control contracts with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said on...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has slapped system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) with P3.5 million worth of penalties for at least 10 transmission projects that it failed to deliver on targeted commercial operations date. A statement from the regulatory body...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is anticipated to render decisions that will enforce penalties on the ‘unjustified’ transmission project delays of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) as well as the indefensible forced outages of power plants during the summer months....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has slapped Isabela II Electric Cooperative (ISELCO) with P2.0 million penalty due to its failure to validate the generation charges it passed on to its customers and for not complying with required fuel audit process. The regulatory body stipulated that the...
It was another round of ‘madness’ for millions of Filipino consumers before the strike of midnight on Thursday (May 23), as most parts of Luzon grid had been tormented with one to 1.5-hour rotational brownouts. In the franchise area of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) alone, more than 487,000...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has primarily issued warning on system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and market operator Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) that they could be meted with penalties if they will not strictly comply...
The penalties being collected by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has been proposed to be re-channeled as compensation to consumers who are casualties of blackout incidents, similar to the four-day power failure which plunged Western Visayas into a state of economic vulnerability and...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is firming up processes on the filing of complaints as well as the schedule of fines and penalties that shall be meted against individuals and entities that will be violating rules prescribed under Republic Act 11245 or the Energy Efficiency and Conservation...
Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's anti-"balimbing" or political turncoat measure has been approved at the committee level in the House of Representatives. Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Approved in a matter of minutes on Wednesday morning,...
Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has filed a bill that, if enacted, would make life difficult for so-called "political turncoats" or "political butterflies". (Sonika Agarwal/ Unsplash) Arroyo, a former president and House Speaker, filed House Bill (HB)...
With alarm bells raised on highly probable rotational blackouts during the summer months, the country’s generation companies (GenCos) are being warned that breach of regulatory policy on ‘force outage caps’ will not be tolerated, hence, they shall be ready to be meted anew with penalties....
At least 10 generation companies (GenCos) that were tagged as culprits in last year’s summer brownouts had been penalized by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for breaching the prescribed limits on "forced outages" of generating facilities. According to the ERC, those that have been meted...
