Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday called on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to ensure that there would be no power interruptions during the May 2022 election period so keep the integrity and credibility of the elections intact. Hontiveros pointed out that failure to ensure uninterrupted...
After more than a month, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has finally lifted the enforced “market suspension” for the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in the Visayas grid following last December’s battering of Typhoon Odette. Energy Regulatory Commission The spot market...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has listed 2,619 megawatts of eligible renewable energy (RE) capacity that can be granted incentives under the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) in the energy sector. RPS is an incentive mechanism for RE investments in the country because it provides market for RE...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued rules that will tighten performance and reliability standards for variable renewable energy (VRE) facilities, primarily for wind and solar farm installations. In a resolution issued by the regulatory body, it specified that the rules “shall apply...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is seeking more generation companies (GenCos) to join in its 170-megawatt emergency power supply procurement next month. The targeted five-month capacity purchase will be carried out through a competitive selection process (CSP) with submission...
Looking through the lens of scientific literature, energy infrastructure facilities are seen most vulnerable with the impacts of death-dealing disasters – and this is a gospel truth that even climate change skeptics cannot rebuff. From extreme human stress and suffering to the canary of economic...
The recent approval granted by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on the license for the commercial operations of the 724.965-megawatt GNPower Dinginin (GNPD) thermal generating plant will put power supply on a safer zone during the May 2022 elections as well as for the demand peak on the...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is seeking regulatory approval on capital spending for the "emergency replacement" of a defective transformer at its Urdaneta substation to prevent blackouts at the commercial business districts (CBDs) of Makati and Taguig. In its regulatory...
WESM system enhancements eyed By MYRNA M. VELASCO The country’s Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) will be undertaking enhancements on its new market management system (NMMS) so it can accommodate the registration of more participants that will be joining the lowering of threshold of the...
Filipino consumers may be greeted with bad news in the New Year as spot prices of electricity have been inching higher this month, December, due to continued forced outages of power plants. As of December 21, the operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has apprised media that...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered at least two-month leeway on the electric bill payments of consumers in the typhoon-affected areas in Visayas and Mindanao. This order came alongside its call for speedy restoration of electricity services in the affected areas. The power industry...
The Department of Energy (DOE) will craft separate “remuneration packages” on hydropower and geothermal technologies in the targeted auction of renewable energy (RE) capacities for compliance of mandated participants to the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) policy. A revised DOE circular said...
