The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has committed to expedite its regulatory procedures, including the much-awaited performance audit of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), to ensure fair electricity pricing for consumers. During a budget hearing with the Senate, ERC Acting...
After this week’s first Commission meeting under Officer-in-Charge Chairperson and CEO Jesse Hermogenes Andres, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has agreed to expedite approvals of the certificates of compliance (COCs) or the licenses needed by new power plants to start generating...
As Filipino consumers are continually stricken with the sting of outdated and expensive electricity rates, a lawmaker is pushing for a comprehensive investigation on the cause of delays on the rate reset or the warranted tariff adjustments of regulated entities as anchored on performance-based...
The Gordian knot of the power sector’s regulatory affairs will be eased as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is already scheduled to resume its formal Commission meeting this Monday (September 30), which will be the first under the supervision of Officer-in-Charge Chairperson and CEO Jesse...
The National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms, Inc. (Nasecore) has asked the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to cite in contempt suspended Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta for discussing her case in public. As a lawyer, Nasecore President Petronilo...
A resolution that was crafted during the leadership of suspended Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta is threatening to cripple Officer-in-Charge Jesse Hermogenes T. Andres from performing his function, because he is being prohibited by that supposed rule to call for...
On his first day of office, newly designated Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) officer-in-charge Jesse Hermogenes T. Andres immediately hit the ground running, while also giving commitment that he will uphold “fair, fast and transparent” processes in rule-making as well as in tackling the...
Newly designated Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) officer-in-charge Jesse Hermogenes T. Andres will be taking the reign of the power industry’s regulatory realm with tons of immediate deliverables, primarily much-needed approvals of power supply agreements (PSAs) as well as setting the reserve...
President Marcos has appointed Department of Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Jesse Hermogenes Andres as officer-in-charge (OIC) chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) announced on Saturday morning, Sept. 21....
A veteran lawyer who is considered an ‘energy sector outsider’ is reportedly being eyed as prospective officer-in-charge (OIC) at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) while current Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta is on six-month suspension as ordered by the Office of the Ombudsman....
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Monalisa C. Dimalanta will temporarily leave her office as chief regulator of the deregulated power industry to comply with the six-month suspension meted out by the Office of the Ombudsman. In a statement to the media, Dimalanta indicated that she will...
The six-month suspension meted by the Office of the Ombudsman against the chairperson of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seen delaying the approvals of pending power supply agreements (PSAs) as well as the reserve price-setting for the auction of renewable energy (RE) capacities that are...
