Presidential son and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos refused to stand idle as his constituents continued to bear the brunt of costly electricity. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (left) and ERC Commissioner Alexis Lumbatan (Facebook) That's why, when Marcos had the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is scheduling next month series of public hearings on the P2.344 billion worth of capital expenditures (capex) that power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be utilizing to install new facilities as well as relocate its assets that will be...
Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera has called on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to offer more refunds and rebates to consumers, on top of the long-sought unbundling of fuel prices. “If there are any more refund or rebate...
The Supreme Court (SC) showed its "balanced" views and "modesty" when it recognized the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) mandate to determine power rates, a former House of Representatives member said. (Kai Gradert/ Unsplash) “The SC decision balances industry stakeholders’ interests. It...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to refund P21.769 billion worth of overcollections accruing from its tariff adjustments covering the period from July 2015 to June 2022 which will translate to reduction of P0.87 per kilowatt...
Present and former lawmakers of the Makabayan bloc ripped apart the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision that favored the implementation of the Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) power price hikes. ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro and former Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate (photos from congress,gov.ph)...
With no top official in-charge at the Department of Energy (DOE), the Luzon grid was again subjected to "yellow alert" or the lack of power reserves that could potentially plunge the country's main economic center with rotational blackouts. System operator National Grid Corporation of the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has reported an increase in the average rate offer in the electricity retail market space at P4.05 per kilowatt hour (kWh) as of April this year; from a leaner average of P3.63 per kWh weighted average as of its monitoring report in 2021. The electricity...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seeking collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the review and updating of the list of beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), which will also be the basis for the grant of subsidies or...
UP to kick off power retail aggregation phase By MYRNA M. VELASCO The era of retail competition in the restructured electricity sector will finally enter the "aggregation phase" starting off with the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City which contiguous areas and their end-users...
From thousands of unresolved applications for power supply agreements (PSA) prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) indicated that the remaining cases it will need to act on now just hovers at around 600 pending applications. “We tried to resolve as...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has provisionally approved the power supply agreement (PSA) underwritten by the Batangas II Electric Cooperative (BATELEC II) with Bac-Man Geothermal Inc. (BGI), which is a subsidiary company of the Lopez-led Energy Development Corporation. The regulatory body...
