# ERC, NGCP discuss technical gaps By MYRNA M. VELASCO The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has forthrightly raised to transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) the need to immediately address the "technical gaps" in balancing the country’s power system so it can...
Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) will put up a 10-megawatt solar farm project that will be embedded into the load network of Pampanga I Electric Cooperative (PELCO I). The RE company announced in a press statement that a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on this venture has already been...
After terminating its 330-megawatt fixed priced power supply agreement (PSA) due to the recently rendered verdict of the Court of Appeals, a subsidiary of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. has offered a replacement power supply deal to power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco). Meralco...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will start enforcing guidelines on the capital expenditures (capex) as well as procurements of regulated power utilities, as these cost items are being factored into the calculation of the overall tariff being passed on to consumers. The regulatory body noted...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said the online oathtaking of new geodetic and civil engineers will be conducted on Aug. 4. Photo credit to PRC/ Manila Bulletin Facilitated by PRC-Cagayan de Oro via Zoom, the virtual oathtaking ceremony for new geodetic engineers will start at 1 p.m....
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...
Investors can now expect greater clarity and transparency in the upcoming Green Energy Auction (GEA-3) program, scheduled for November this year, as the Department of Energy (DOE) announced an end to the "tariff guessing game." To provide a more predictable framework, the DOE said it will be issuing...
Discounted electricity rates are being offered to the country’s 4.2 million marginalized or lifeline consumers within the power usage bracket zero to 100 kilowatt-hours (kWhs). Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara announced that the registration for the discounted rates to the...
Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla is not pleased with the ‘low regulatory ranking’ of the Philippine power industry, pulled down by enforcement of rules and regulations and administrative hurdles that handicapped improvements in the overall performance of the Energy Regulatory Commission...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is establishing legal ground for the targeted revocation of a previous resolution allowing pass-through of the 3.0-percent franchise tax of transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to electricity consumers. “Our legal team is...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will seek guidance from the Department of Energy (DOE) in setting the price of hydro and geothermal capacities under the green energy auction reserve (GEAR) given the huge cost for these projects. ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta noted of the cost for...
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...
