The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has clearly stipulated that clearance shall be secured first before Manila Electric Company (Meralco) can pass on costs relating to procured supply from plants running on liquefied natural gas (LNG) – and that is primarily applied to its contracted...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will issue ‘green energy tariff” that shall serve as the basis for the acceptable price tender for the 4,199 megawatts of non-feed in tariff (non-FIT) renewable energy (RE) capacities that shall be offered this year by the Department of Energy (DOE) under...
Sen. Grace Poe reiterated the Senate's call for the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines to expedite the completion of the Cebu-Panay-Negros project and all other power transmission projects. "Delay is a denial of public service," she said in a statement on Thursday, Feb. 8. This was...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, February 5, said she doubts that introducing a third party supposedly to help accelerate the completion of delayed transmission projects of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) would be effective in addressing the country’s concerns in the...
There had been downtrend in overall electricity tariffs for traded capacities in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), and that had been attributed partly by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to the entry of new capacities from the renewable energy (RE) sector. “It appears that the...
President Marcos directed the Department of Energy to look into the proposal to allow third parties to construct transmission projects in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/Yummie Dingding) "I have also directed the Department of Energy and the ERC (Energy...
TOKYO, Japan – A Japanese company has presented an offer to the Philippine government on the application of an artificial intelligence-based (AI) technology that can systematically track power outages and could also aid in right-sizing the design of transmission network as well as other...
The feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) fund is seen teetering on deficit by February billing, hence, that prompted the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to re-impose next month the collection of the P0.0364 per kilowatt hour (kWh) subsidy for the qualified renewable energy (RE) projects. “As the...
Gokongwei-led JG Summit, through its renewable energy (RE) subsidiary Merbau Corporation, will be expanding solar investments outside of the conglomerate’s span, so they can similarly help other businesses achieve their decarbonization strategies. The forward business plan is being firmed up...
The penalties being collected by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has been proposed to be re-channeled as compensation to consumers who are casualties of blackout incidents, similar to the four-day power failure which plunged Western Visayas into a state of economic vulnerability and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said tougher penalties should be imposed against industry players who would be found guilty of mismanaging their power services that eventually affect day-to-day businesses and hurt the economy. Gatchalian pointed out that the maximum penalty of P50-million...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has told congressmen that the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has complied with the requirements of an independent investigative panel on the April 2023 blackout on Panay...
