The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the country's energy consumption registered a slight increase last year, with non-renewable sources contributing to almost half of the total energy supply. Data from the PSA indicated that the overall final energy consumption in the country...
Two separate maintenance works of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will result in the temporary loss of power service in portions of Angono and Binangonan in Rizal on November 29, Wednesday. In Angono, portions of Barangay San Isidro, particularly those inside the Homepoint Subdivision 2 Phase A...
ATHENS, Greece – Players in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector are re-assessing the impact of high gas prices as well as targets of infrastructure development expansion amid the transitioning of many energy markets into cleaner energy solutions. At the World LNG Summit that will kick...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is keenly seeking the assistance of the World Bank and other development-partners on sorting out policies as well as funding mechanisms that can bring down Philippine electricity rates as the country advances into its energy transition agenda leaning mainly on...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will no longer prescribe a ‘reserve price’ for the scheduled green energy auction (GEA) covering geothermal capacity developments. “We just agreed with the DOE (Department of Energy) on the parameters how we will eventually approve the rates in the PSAs...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, November 16 said he expects power consumers to greatly benefit from the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) decision to reduce the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) annual revenue to P36.7-billion. The amount is...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has initially cornered prospective offers of 3,310 megawatts from six (6) interested bidders on its scheduled competitive selection process (CSP) for capacity procurement of 1,800MW that will satiate its additional supply portfolio for 2024 and...
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said that the power prices in the country coincide with the real electricity costs, and that their rates are fair and reasonable to its service quality. Meralco issued the statement to clarify the recent statements made by ACT-Teachers Representative France Castro,...
Reduction in transmission charge line item in the electric bills is the end-goal eyed from the completion of the rate reset review for system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), according to Senate Committee on Energy Vice Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian. The lawmaker is...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has indicated that transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will still be allowed eventually to recoup costs relating to programmed capital expenditure (capex) projects that were disallowed in the partial rate-setting rendered by...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has tossed the blame on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on its delayed rate-setting; while forthrightly claiming that all of its incurred costs and expenses are ‘legitimate’ and according to the regulatory principles...
The 7.8 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will need to cough up higher budget in their electric bills this month, as the company’s overall pass-on tariff went up by P0.2347 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to P12.0545 per kWh from P11.8198 per kWh in the October billing cycle. For...
