The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to hike the increment of renewable energy (RE) installations under the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) policy by more than double or 2.52 percent by year 2023. DOE Logo Under the original RPS rules, the yearly increment for RE installations had just...
At least eight (8) delinquent power generation companies (GenCos) will be meted with penalties in decisions targeted to be issued by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in the next two weeks – and that is on account of the power facilities’ violations on their allowable forced outages. ERC...
There was some degree of frustration on the part of the renewable energy (RE) developers, as their widely anticipated capacity tendering under the Green Energy Auction Program (GEAP) has been delayed again from its August 31 timeline. DOE Logo The RE investors are ready to place their bets for the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is soliciting inputs from industry stakeholders for the crafting of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 11552, which seeks to extend the lifeline subsidy or discount rate for marginalized electricity consumers for the next 50 years....
Fund administrator National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) has applied for P32.331 billion worth of feed-in-tariff (FIT) subsidy that will be utilized as payment to qualified renewable energy (RE) developers for calendar year 2022. In its filing with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC),...
As the month of August is now more than halfway, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is now being prodded to make public the outcome of its investigations on the ‘forced outages’ violations of the generation companies that triggered the double whammy of rotational blackouts and rate spikes...
Following the partial system blackout that plunged Visayas into literal darkness during wee hours on Saturday, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi has instructed system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to immediately fix the cause of its line trippings and restore...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has laid down the rules that will delineate the qualification of consumers that can avail of the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) or those that can secure or contract for electricity supply from renewable energy (RE) suppliers. ERC LOGO As the regulatory...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Sunday, August 15 decried the audacity at which the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) warned of future increases in electricity rates if it continues to contract suppliers for larger power reserves. Hontiveros said she is wondering how the NGCP is bold...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should direct its distribution utilities (DUs) to suspend all disconnection activities within its franchise area that are placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified ECQ, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Thursday. Gatchalian, chair of the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday reiterated her call for authorities to suspend any power rate increase until the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is able to provide a clear and justifiable reason on the rising cost of electricity and investigation on the rotational blackouts is completed....
Customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will need to shell out higher budget for their electric bills this month as the company’s overall tariff inched up by P0.0965 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to P9.0036 per kWh from last month’s P8.9071 per kWh. 25058 The power firm said electricity rate...
