The Sarangani Energy Corp. (SEC), an auxiliary of the Alsons Power Group, is set to start the commercial operations of the second 105 MW unit of the 210 MW baseload, coal-fired power...
The National Power Corp. (Napocor) has filed separate petitions with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to recover nearly P1 billion of deferred fuel and foreign exchange power costs delivered in off-grid areas....
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is urged to execute a periodic review of the system loss program to encourage efficiency among the power distributors. “The ERC should have a regular mechanism that...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has warned the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) that the Philippines will never get serious renewable energy investors due to the P6.6 billion the government owes renewable energy players under...
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chairman Jose Vicente Salazar has turned the tables on the commissioners’ order to stop reassignments as he defended his sole administrative power to reconstitute organization. In a memorandum...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)’s proposal to stagger the impending rate hike this month caused by the maintenance shutdown of the Malampaya gas facility last month. However,...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the implementation of the new policy set by the Department of Energy (DOE) and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on the...
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has filed a house bill that will abolish the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) following corruption allegations and the suicide of a director over alleged coercion to approve irregular contracts....
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has formed a subsidiary that will act as its retail electricity supplier as part of its move to comply with one of the provisions of the retail...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has moved the mandatory contestability date of energy end-users’ migration to the competitive retail electricity market to February 26, 2017. “An end-user with an average monthly peak...
