System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is batting for regulatory approval on full cost recovery of its P20.94 billion investment in the newly reinforced 500-kilovolt Hermosa-San Jose transmission line, which is now supporting the wheeling of additional capacities in...
Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. said on Tuesday morning (June 25) asked the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) called for the urgent issuance of a formal resolution to commence the implementation of the 30-day toll holiday in parts of CAVITEX. President Marcos announced that the collection of toll fee...
The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) said that the Pasig River Expressway (PAREX) project remains on the table following San Miguel Corp.'s commitment to meeting all requirements and addressing environmental concerns. Alvin Carullo, TRB executive director, said San Miguel would comply with the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered all distribution utilities (DUs) in the Luzon and Visayas grids to delay charging consumers preliminary generation charges. In a statement, ERC said on Tuesday, June 10, that DUs should wait until the release of the final statement (FS) by the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the power supply agreement (PSA) between the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in a bid to stop increasing electricity rates affecting the province of Negros Occidental. In a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, June 2 called on the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) to ensure that operators of the country’s major toll roads will first improve their services before approving and implementing any additional rate hike. Gatchalian made the call after the TRB...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to act on the power supply agreement between the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) to address the strong clamor of consumers in this city regarding the high power...
Sen. Grace Poe hailed the recent addition of newly accredited players for motorcycle taxis through the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). Motorcycle taxis wait for new passengers along EDSA in Mandaluyong City on Friday, May 3. The Land Transportation Franchising and...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has directed the suspension of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) for the Luzon Region effective Monday afternoon, May 27, due to insufficient generation capacity in the grid. In a statement, ERC said the decision to suspend WESM operations followed...
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...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, May 24 took the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to task in penalizing power-generating plants that may have breached their reliability index. Gatchalian’s call came in the face of looming rotating power outages,...
While the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is partly blamed for the power supply mess in the country due to its slow action on issuance of warranted rules and approvals of power supply agreements (PSAs), it has opted to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Board of Investments (BOI) for...