Senator Raffy Tulfo (Senate PRIB) Senate Committee on Energy chairman Senator Raffy Tulfo questioned the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) over their failure to regularly monitor power plants amid frequent outages....
As most public markets opt for cheaper substitutes to food commodities like sugar, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) warned of the possible health risks magic sugar may pose to people. In a briefing, SRA Administrator Pablo Azcona explained how cheaper ingredients may not be safer, stating...
As sugarcane producers urged the government to import sugar to avoid supply shortages in the country, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said that they agency is currently studying its importation plans. In a briefing, SRA administrator Pablo Azcona said they must identify the sugar...
As supply in the Luzon grid remains wobbly, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) indicated that it will finally act on the deferred pass-on of cost recoveries for the new gas sale and purchase agreement (GSPA) on fuel for power generation lifted from the Malampaya gas field. “On the GSPA,...
The electric bills to be dispatched by power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and other power utilities will practically be knocking on forbidden doors this May – but consumers will have no choice but to finally face the ‘fear factor’ of soaring expenses for electricity...
As surging temperatures had unsparingly beaten down energy facilities in this year’s El Niño stricken summer months, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) indicated that ‘heat wave’ will be added as metrics in determining the reliability indices for power facilities, primarily the electric...
Probabilities of rotational brownouts could wreck some parts in the Visayas, as system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) raised alarm on the critical state of overloading at the 69-kilovolt (kV) Amlan-Siaton transmission line in the grid. Prompted by that dilemma, NGCP...
(Unsplash) Sta. Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez is prodding the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to withhold action on power supply agreements (PSA) between the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and two generating firms pending final...
The Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA) announced that sugar production exceeded the government's target despite the challenges posed by El Niño. In a statement, the group of sugar millers said that the industry produced 1.86 million metric tons of raw sugar during crop year 2023-2024,...
Consumers will still feel the deepest financial pain triggered by surging electricity rates due to simultaneous plant outages in the past two weeks, but the Department of Energy (DOE) is urging the distribution utilities (DUs) to tap palliative interest-bearing loan from the Land Bank of the...
President Marcos has urged electricity distribution utilities to tap the Anti Bill Shock Lending Program of the Land Bank of the Philippines to ensure that electricity rates are affordable. Marcos made the directive to the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)....
With high anticipation that electric bills will drastically spike during the summer months, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) sounded off this early that it will prod the private distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) on staggered billing on the resulting radical rate...
