As surging temperatures had unsparingly beaten down energy facilities in this year’s El Niño stricken summer months, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) indicated that ‘heat wave’ will be added as metrics in determining the reliability indices for power facilities, primarily the electric...
Qualified big-ticket contestable customers in Mindanao can finally exercise ‘power of choice’ on contracting their electricity services as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has already opened that segment of the industry for retail competition. Similar to the threshold for Luzon and...
TORONTO – The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is enthusiastically poring over the structural changes implemented by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), primarily on regulation frames that are also viable for enforcement in the Philippine power sector. Following a meeting with Ontario Energy Board...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seriously considering the establishment of ‘rate affordability tracker,’ so the Filipino consumers can be apprised on the measures as well as policy developments being pursued by the government and industry players on bringing down electricity tariffs in...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) indicated that it will be studying the probable rate hikes or cost impact that consumers will have to brace for; once all the gas sale and purchase agreements (GSPAs) for the Malampaya gas field project will expire by next year. ERC Chairperson Monalisa C....
Norwegian companies that are interested to inject fresh capital into the country’s renewable energy (RE) sector have been batting for the easing of legal restraints on foreign ownership, primarily on solar and wind installations. In a virtual launch of the Report on RE Opportunities in the...
