The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has admitted weakness in investigating anti-competitive behavior, especially for company participants that are trading their generated capacities in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). Given this difficulty in its market policing power, ERC...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has set at 6,367,759 megawatts the maximum installed capacity a generation company (GenCo) can own and could dispatch nationwide to ensure market competition. The limit is based on the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), which provides the market share...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has filed its motion for reconsideration (MR) with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for its request to be allowed monthly renewal of its ancillary services (AS) contracts while its procurement processes for power reserves are...
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...
In discussion with the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has tackled issues in the processing of permits for energy projects which have always been the biggest headache for investors, especially foreign firms that are not familiar with the socio-political terrain...
The GNPower Dinginin (GNPD) coal-fired power plant, which is a joint venture of Aboitiz Power and the Ayala group, is supplying 300-megawatt capacity to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) at a much higher rate of P8.5250 per kilowatt hour (kWh), according to a top executive of the utility firm. The...
The GNPower Dinginin (GNPD) coal-fired power plant, which is a joint venture of Aboitiz Power and the Ayala group, is supplying 300-megawatt capacity to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) at a much higher rate of P8.5250 per kilowatt hour (kWh), according to a ranking executive of the utility firm....
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has urged the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) to adhere to the amended rules set forth by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on the approval of capital expenditures (capex) before key projects are implemented in their respective service...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has enforced a band-aid measure to lower power rates by extending the suspension of the feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) for another six months. FIT-All, which is a subsidy cost being collected from all ratepayers to incentivize qualified renewable energy...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said it will opt for "rate flexibility" in the power supply agreements (PSAs) that distribution utilities (DUs) will be underwriting with generation companies (GenCos), once they win capacities in the conduct of competitive selection process (CSP) by the power...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are being urged to accelerate the clean-up of the list of electric consumers entitled to the government's "lifeline subsidy rate" to help tame the country’s rising inflation rate. Senate Committee on...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is reviewing the appeal of generation companies (GenCos) for possible upward adjustment in the secondary price cap (SPC) of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) as existing rate could no longer support warranted return on investments (ROIs) if they...
