The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has announced the Green Energy Auction Reserve (GEAR) prices under the first round of the Green Energy Auction Program (GEAP). For solar, the price has been set...
The incoming administration of president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr., should push for the conversion of coal-fired power plants in the country into liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, said Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson...
The next administration, which presumptive President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. may lead, has been urged to create a separate agency that will manage the development of nuclear energy in the country. Outgoing Energy...
Outgoing Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Agnes Devanadera has proposed to the next administration to suspend the excise tax on coal and petroleum products to mitigate the impact of international prices amid...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is studying the appeal of power generation companies (gencos) to lift the Php6.245 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) secondary price cap (SPC) at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM)...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) to resume the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market’s (WESM) operation in Bohol. ERC handed the order to PEMC, WESM’s governing...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has given the go-signal for the commercial operation of the GNPower Dinginin supercritical coal-fired power plant’s 668-megawatt (MW) Unit 1. This comes as the commission granted a...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued a directive to distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) in provinces affected by Typhoon Odette to give leeway to consumers in paying their electric...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has named at least eight power generation companies (gencos) facing penalties as their respective plants have gone over the maximum number of days of allowable forced outages...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said it has finished its probe on eight power generation companies (gencos) that were found to have gone over their plant outage allowance leading to the Red...
Power customers that consume an average of at least 100 kilowatts (kW) per month for the past 12 months may soon be able to choose their own supplier of renewable energy (RE),...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is eyeing the conversion of 35 “non-firm” contracts to firm-based arrangements for the provision of reserves or ancillary services (AS) to the power grid,...
Power generation companies (gencos) that caused the Red Alerts and rotational brownouts in Luzon from May 31-June 2 will soon be slapped with penalties, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). At...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said there is a big probability that electricity rates could increase when the Malampaya gas field temporarily shuts down in October. Based on a Rappler report, Sen....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be making changes to the imposition of the price mitigating measure in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to ensure consumer safety nets and prevent price...
The United States government has allotted Php1.6 billion ($34 million) for the promotion of clean energy solutions in the Philippines. On Monday, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched its five-year...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has begun its virtual inspections on the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) transmission facilities last June 10, it recently said. The inspections are part of...
The 668-megawatt (MW) Unit 1 of the GNPower Dinginin (GNPD) coal-fired power plant in Mariveles, Bataan is set to begin full operations in August, said Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Agnes Devanadera....
The Department of Energy (DOE) has reiterated its position for the government to be involved again in power generation following last week’s Red Alerts in Luzon and similar incidents in recent years....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has identified at least five power plant units that have been forced out of service for over 100 days, way past the allowable period set. Topping the...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to come up with a policy on the country’s aging power plants, a factor behind last week’s Red Alerts...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has openly tagged power generation companies (gencos) as the culprits behind last week’s Red Alerts in Luzon with plants went on forced outages beyond the time allowed....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to explain why there are delays in the 33 transmission projects it it earlier sought regulatory approval....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued a Notice of Non-Compliance to 17 power generating companies (gencos) to explain their unplanned outages, which breached the maximum allowable unplanned outage days per year....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the new price determination methodology (PDM) for the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), which will help expedite the spot market’s opening in Mindanao. “The new...
(UPDATED) The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) has confirmed receipt of the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) order to refund to its customers over-recoveries of its pass-through charges worth Php1.4 billion and to collect under-recoveries worth...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has expanded the coverage of Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA), which intends to promote competition and ensure the successful restructuring and modernization of the electric power...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered power distributors, including the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO), to extend the grace period for payments of regular power customers, or those c buy doryx online...
Regulators will be asking power distributors to hold off cutting the supply of unpaid customers until the end of the year. Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chairperson Agnes Devanadera said in a Senate...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is set to implement the retail competition and open access (RCOA) scheme for small and medium enterprises, as well as groups of households within the first quarter...
The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) is set to issue disconnection notices to regular customers who are unable to pay their dues by the end of its grace period on October 31, but...
