March 7, 2017

Dreaming Realistic Options to Inter-Island Power Grid Links – Archipelagic Power Strategy for an Archipelagic Country

David Celestra Tan, MSK 5 March 2017 The Philippines has 7,017 islands with 20 major ones. Luzon, Most of Visayas, and soon Mindanao are connected to the main grid. Big islands like Palawan, Mindoro, Masbate, Marinduque, Romblon, Catanduanes, Bantayan Island, […]
March 6, 2017

PEMC asked to provide calculations on CSP fees

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 5, 2017, 12:05 AM from Manila Bulletin Power spot market operator Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) has been required to submit its calculations on the level of fees that it shall levy corresponding to its […]
March 6, 2017

Transco thumbs down NGCP’s prepayment of concession cost

By Lenie Lectura – March 5, 2017 from Business Mirror THE National Transmission Corp. (Transco) is opposed to the prepayment scheme of the concession fee (CF) made by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities […]
March 6, 2017

‘Epira incomplete without RCOA’

By Lenie Lectura – March 5, 2017 from Business Mirror Authorities are carefully weighing their options on how to move forward following a Supreme Court (SC) order that temporarily stopped the implementation of a landmark policy meant to give consumers the choice to […]