The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a program designed to encourage power sector players to go public and comply with the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA). On Thursday, March 27, the ERC and SEC jointly launched SEC...
A resolution that was crafted during the leadership of suspended Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta is threatening to cripple Officer-in-Charge Jesse Hermogenes T. Andres from performing his function, because he is being prohibited by that supposed rule to call for...
The House Committee on Energy has begun deliberations on the finer detiails of the proposed amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) Law on Wednesday, Aug. 14, with the solons giving particular focus on how to strengthen...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian expressed his belief that any amendment to be made to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) should result in lower electricity rates. In a statement on Saturday, July 27, Gatchalian reiterated that the sought amendments were for the benefit of consumers who...
President Marcos has called on Congress to work with the Executive branch in reviewing the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) In his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22, Marcos made the call to determine if...
The American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham) is throwing full backing to the legislative measures which had been outlined by President Marcos in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) as the next priority policies to be pursued by the government. In the energy sector, the key piece...
(Noel Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN) Several high-ranking members of the House of Representatives commended the initiative of Speaker Martin Romualdez to conduct a comprehensive review of the Electric Power Industry Regulation Act (EPIRA) in a bid to...
(Unsplash) Aside from rice prices, House Speaker Martin Romualdez has also vowed to reduce electricity rates as a way to further ease inflation in the country. “We will work to further reduce electricity rates and rice prices....
A new face of leadership will soon unfold at Aboitiz Power Corporation, as fifth generation scion Danel C. Aboitiz will be ascending to the top post immediately after the retirement of Emmanuel ”Manny” V. Rubio as President and CEO by June 30 this year. An announcement of the company via...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has debuted its "digital toolbox" in addressing consumer complaints as well as industry concerns, but industry stakeholders are wishing that the feedback mechanism and response system will not be as slow as the internet connectivity in the Philippines. Via its...
A joint task force of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) is being pushed, purposively to prosecute erring players in the restructured power industry. “What we’re trying to work out with the DOJ is the procedure … so we might form a task force to enforce the...
Senators on Wednesday, May 24 expressed their disappointment after officials of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) confirmed earlier claims that most of its profits went to the pockets its stockholders. This was bared by NGCP Assistant Corporate Secretary Ronald Dylan Concepcion...
