Households may face higher electrical bills in February as rates in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) spiked after last week’s Yellow Alerts in the Luzon Grid. Based on a Manila Bulletin
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has cleared SMCGP Philippines Energy Storage Co. Ltd. (SMCGP Storage) of the San Miguel group to connect its 20-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in
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) suspended operations of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market in the Visayas on Thursday night due to the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in the region. This resulted in
The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) still has under seven years left in its current congressional franchise or Republic Act (RA) 9209, but Sagip Rep. Rodante Marcoleta wants it reviewed this early. In
SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet (SNAP-Benguet) filed a motion for reconsideration on Friday following the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) decision to impose an administrative penalty for the alleged breaching of allowable forced outages of the 34.85-megawatt
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has appealed to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to allow the recovery of Php113.3 million it spent to repair transmission assets and facilities damaged
SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP)-Benguet and CBK Power Co. Ltd. were fined close to Php1.3 million by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for going over the maximum number of unplanned outage days per
Team Energy unit Team Sual Corporation (TSC) and Semirara Mining and Power Corporation’s Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corporation (SLPGC) were collectively fined close to Php5 million after the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
