The Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) has announced a Php 0.5453 per kilowatt-hour increase in its electricity rates for the month of March, bringing its overall rate to Php 11.4348/kWh. The adjustment would...
The Manila Electric Co. (MERALCO) will be implementing a staggered increase in its generation charges in the next two months to cushion its impact on consumers. MERALCO said that its total rates...
Countries all across the world, including the Philippines, are investing massively in solar energy and other renewable energy projects to address the country’s growing power demand and reduce coal and fuel dependency....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is reviewing the appeal of generation companies (gencos) on the possibility of an increase in the secondary price cap (SPC) of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). ...
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), being the representing counsel of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), has opposed the consolidation of the cases to the denied rate hike on the power...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has allowed contestable customers supplied by Retail Electricity Suppliers (RES) to switch to other suppliers even with unresolved disputes with previous providers. The move follows amendments to...
The National Power Corp (NPC), a state-owned company, has announced plans to distribute power interruptions equally among 1.3 million households in off-grid areas due to constraints in the “corporate operating budget.” NPC...
The Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the petition of the San Miguel Energy Corporation (SMEC) for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on its 330-megawatt (MW) capacity to the Manila Electric Co....
The Department of Energy (DOE) will be requiring the generation companies (GenCos) additional reports, providing the monthly power plants’ operational data, sales, power supply, and fuel consumption, which looks to help the...
7,583 end-users have signed up for the net-metering program at the end of 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) reported. Of the recorded end-users: 6,120 are from Luzon, 1,168 from Visayas, and...
