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...
Famed for gaining his expertise and solid experience as a power industry veteran and former executive of the country’s biggest power distribution utility Manila Electric Company, Engineer Fortunato “Atoy” C. Leynes has been designated under the Marcos administration as the new President and...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued higher feed-in-tariff (FIT) of P6.1110 per kilowatt hour (kWh) for run-of-river (ROR) hydropower facilities that will fill up the balance of the prescribed 250 megawatts cap for this renewable energy (RE) technology.The newly enforced FIT for ROR...
For the third time, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) suspended the feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-ALL) charge in the electric bills of consumers to help ease the financial burden of ordinary Filipinos. The regulatory body ordered the suspension Tuesday, Aug. 22, the third time the...
Madrid-headquartered Bluefloat Energy announced plans for gigantic 7.6-gigawatt (7,600 megawatts) offshore wind power projects in the Philippines, the biggest in its portfolio, with a target to bring the initial development onto commercial operation by the turn of the decade.
In a briefing with...
The country’s renewable energy (RE) developers are eyeing to rake in next year P35.693 billion worth of feed-in-tariff (FIT) payments, a form of subsidy collected from all Filipino electricity ratepayers.
That will be an increase of roughly...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has started awarding the last batch of degressed feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentives to qualified biomass and run-of-river hydropower projects that reached commercial operations on the prescribed cut-off date last year.
Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi
The recent...
