Governed by transparency and tasked with promoting competition and protecting consumer interests, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has released new draft guidelines for the Ancillary Services Procurement Agreements (ASPAs) entered into by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said the regulator would accelerate its decisions on power supply deals to boost investor confidence and ensure reasonable prices for consumers. During a recent meeting, ERC Chairperson Francis Saturnino Juan stated that the commission needs to implement...
The Philippines’ newly ratified bill on the Philippine Atomic Regulatory Authority (PhilAtom) signals a potential return to nuclear energy, 39 years after the government shut down its first attempt. As the country reopens the door to this power technology, concerns over environmental risks,...
In a continued effort to broaden access to the Competitive Retail Electricity Market (CREM), the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seeking to fast-track the lowering of the threshold for retail competition to allow more end-users to benefit from Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA). ERC...
The Philippines has once again secured a quota of 145,235 metric tons raw value (MTRV) of raw cane sugar at a lower tariff rate for the upcoming fiscal year (FY), according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). In a statement over the weekend, the USTR announced that the...
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) will once again classify all raw sugar production in the upcoming crop year for domestic use as output still lags behind overall demand. SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona announced during the 71st Philsutech Convention in Cebu that sugar output in crop...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has committed to streamlining the resolution of around 5,000 pending cases involving distribution utilities (DUs), electric cooperatives (ECs), generation companies (GenCos), and others by assigning oversight responsibilities to its commissioners. In a...
San Miguel Global Power (SMGP) said Wednesday, Aug. 13, that the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) has cleared its Ilijan Gas Power Plant of any violations related to a 2022 outage, calling a recent regulatory order from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) “outdated and without...
The new chief of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has vowed to streamline the lengthy rate reset processes and tariff reviews that have burdened distribution utilities for a decade. In his welcome speech during a leadership turnover on Thursday, Aug. 7, ERC Chairperson Francis Saturnino Juan...
Manuel V. Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has partnered with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the Quezon City local government unit (LGU) to launch a joint initiative aimed at advancing the greater use of renewable energy (RE) sources in the metropolitan area....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued a show-cause order against South Premiere Power Corp. (SPPC) for alleged anti-competitive behavior related to the operation of the Ilijan Power Plant in June 2022. In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 5, the ERC said it acted on a recommendation from the...
Renewable energy (RE) firm Alternergy Holdings Corp.’s wind unit has been granted a regulatory go-signal to link the 64-megawatt (MW) Alabat wind power project in Quezon province to the Luzon grid. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 4, Alternergy announced that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)...
