Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, March 30 called on the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to immediately schedule a public hearing on the new sugar smuggling plaguing the country, which she described as “state-sponsored.” Hontiveros made the call after Sen. Francis Tolentino, chairman of...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has issued straightforward warning to consumers to brace for rotational blackouts after the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) has thumbed down its bid to extend monthly its existing ancillary services contracts. The ancillary...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) revealed that his supposedly worsening health condition prompted David John Thaddeus Alba to step down from his post as the administrator of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA). The PCO said this after the Agriculture deputy spokesperson Assistant...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said it will weigh the rate impact as well as implications on next year’s supply of the terminated power supply agreements (PSAs) between power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and the subsidiaries of SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation of...
A spike in the secondary price cap for the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to the tune of P10,000 to P15,000 per megawatt hour (MWh) - or equivalent P10-P15 per kilowatt hour) - has been proposed by the generation companies (GenCos) to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), according to...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seriously considering the establishment of ‘rate affordability tracker,’ so the Filipino consumers can be apprised on the measures as well as policy developments being pursued by the government and industry players on bringing down electricity tariffs in...
“Hope for the best, prepare for the worst” said Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla against the backdrop of threatening power service interruptions due to insufficient power supply and oil price spikes that will be reflected in the electric bills of consumers during the summer months. With...
The energy subsidiaries of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) have terminated two power supply agreements (PSAs) with utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco), crashing hopes of at least 1,800 megawatts in critical power capacity additions by next year until 2025. In an...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) indicated that it will be studying the probable rate hikes or cost impact that consumers will have to brace for; once all the gas sale and purchase agreements (GSPAs) for the Malampaya gas field project will expire by next year. ERC Chairperson Monalisa C....
DRIVING THOUGHTS It has been a week of talk about the old and the modern jeepney and all the issues that come with the transition. We’ve heard the jeepney drivers, operators, and transport groups protest the planned phaseout of the jeepney with the PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP) which was...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, February 23 warned Department of Agriculture (DA) undersecretary Domingo Panganiban that he could be held criminally and administratively liable for allowing three businesses to import sugar ahead of the official release of Sugar Order No. 6. Panganiban, in a...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is confident that the launching of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao will prop up investments and economic activity in the region that would eventually translate to more jobs. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy...
