The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) has announced that it will be having a “slight upward adjustment” of power rates in its customers’ electric bills for January. MERALCO said that the overall rate...
Senators Sherwin Gatchalian and Risa Hontiveros were “puzzled” with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) seeming lack of preparedness to discuss a Senate measure seeking to lay...
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 Department of Energy (DOE) has orginaized a team to recommend policies regarding the privatization of the Agus-Pulangi Hydropower Complex (APHC), as well as other energy issues in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region...
The Supreme Court (SC) has recently dismissed the graft case against four former commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) who were accused of allowing power distributors like the Manila Electric Company...
The National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) seeks to raise the feed-in tariff allowance (FIT-All) for 2021. In its petition before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), TransCo is asking for the approval of its...
The operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) is currently doing research to develop detailed proposals for lower threshold implementation of the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA). The Independent Electricity...
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 consuming at least 201...
