With cyclical temperature rise, the operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) is forecasting demand increases during the summer months, primarily around April to May this year. Nevertheless, according to Engineer John Paul Grayda, manager for pricing validation and analysis of...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has directed power firms to prepare ‘contingency measures’ to guarantee uninterrupted power supply in Visayas and Mindanao, especially during the summer months and on the anticipated rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines. The energy department has already convened key...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) was able to reclaim jurisdiction over hearings and investigation of cases of anti-competitive behavior or collusion raps against the power generation companies. According to Atty. Maria Corazon C. Gines, director of ERC’s Legal Services, the Supreme Court...
As summer months approach, the governing body of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has formed a Compliance Committee to keep a tighter watch on strict compliance of trading participants in the country’s electricity spot market. According to WESM governing body Philippine Electricity...
The interface of the information technology (IT) platform for the permitting of energy projects under the Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS) is targeted for completion this year, according to the Department of Energy. The initial interface, according to Michael Sinocruz, chief of the DOE’s...
A new price determination methodology (PDM) has been instituted for the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in its shift to shorter five-minute trading interval that is targeted for enforcement middle of this year. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approved the new pricing methodology...
Filipino consumers will likely have an extended “financial respite” in their next electricity bill, as price trends point to continued softening of prices in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market. In a briefing with the media, Engineer John Paul Grayda, manager for Pricing Validation and...
Customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will not need to be anxious on their December electricity bills, as initial forecast point to “flattish rate” or there could be very slight cost movement in the overall tariff. “Initial data suggests that generation costs for December will be...
The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) has deferred to middle of next year the commercial operations of the new market management system (NMMS) or the modified trading platform of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market....
Electricity demand ‘tame’ in 2 months The manufacturing sector failed on its rebound momentum, hence, the country’s electricity demand had been ‘tame’ in the past two months, according to the operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market. Isidro E. Cacho Jr., chief corporate strategy...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) said it will be monitoring the probable impact of higher power rates that will result from the scheduled maintenance at the Malampaya gas platform this month. (MB FILE, KJ ROSALES) The gas production facility, as advised to the Department of...
Registration with the operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) will no longer be mandated if retail competition and open access (RCOA) will already reach the level of household consumers, according to the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP)....
