The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be pursuing a ‘comprehensive study’ to assess the impact as well as technical intricacies in the power system if the threshold for retail competition in the restructured electricity sector will be brought down to 100 kilowatts (kW) from currently at...
The government should clarify if the Edsa People Power Anniversary on February 25 of next year would be a holiday or non-holiday, Sen. Imelda “Imee” Marcos said on Sunday, Oct. 15. Sen. Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB Photo) Marcos made the call after her brother, President...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the government to hasten the development of transmission facilities for offshore wind (OSW) projects to boost the renewable energy (RE) sector’s contribution to the country’s energy requirements. Gatchalian also said doing so would secure the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the withdrawal of application for the power supply agreements (PSA) that had been jointly agreed to be terminated by parties-in-interest Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and the subsidiary-companies of SMC Global Power Holdings Corp (SMGP) of the...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from YouTube live) Malacañang's failure to list Feb. 25 as a regular public holiday in 2024 didn't sit well with Liberal Party (LP) President Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman. "The inordinate...
Meralco Power Academy (MPA) received certification from the Department of Energy (DOE) which considers it a recognized training institution (RTI). MPA, the education provider unit of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), can now conduct the prescribed capability-building training for Energy Efficiency and...
Malacañang explained that it did not include the 38th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution in the list of special non-working days for 2024 as its observance has minimal socioeconomic impact since it falls on a Sunday. File photo The Office of the President (OP) said this after it...
Generation companies (GenCos) in the Philippines have been ramping up hedging mechanism on their power capacity contracting via the trading platform hosted by US firm Green Tiger Markets (GTM) in Singapore. In a statement to the media, GTM indicated “we expect significant volume to get hedged...
Via its continuing caravan, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has already started scrutiny of the power supply agreements (PSAs) underwritten by servicing power utilities in the off-grid domains or those that are not physically connected to the main grid. The examination of the power supply...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued its revised rules on the issuance of certificate of compliance (COC) or the license that will govern the standards, requirements as well as procedures in the operations of power plants in the country – primarily the greenfield or new electric...
Private concessionaire firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is seeking all-out support from the national and local government agencies for permitting and right-of-way (ROW) acquisitions, so it can speed up the development of the P14.03-billion Batangas-Mindoro Interconnection...
Budgets for electricity bill payments will come heavier on the pockets of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) customers as its overall tariff had escalated by P0.4201 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in its October billing cycle to P11.8198 per kWh vis-à-vis P11.3997 per kWh last month. For its subscribers...
