November 23, 2016

What’s the Big Deal About CSP?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 20 November 2016 You have been reading about CSP. What’s the fuss about? If you thought CSP means Contracting Sister Projects, Contracted Sweetheart Prices, Customers are Screwed in Power, (or Capisanan ng mga Sipsip sa Pangulo), […]
November 21, 2016

No new market share limits for GenCos until next March

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 20, 2016, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Power generation companies (GenCos) are not obligated to comply with new market share caps until March, 2017, according to a new resolution from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). […]
November 21, 2016

Duterte orders impartiality in ERC corruption, suicide probe

by Genalyn D. Kabiling and Ellson A. Quismorio – November 21, 2016, 12:09 AM from Manila Bulletin President Duterte has ordered a swift and impartial investigation into the alleged corruption in the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), following the suicide of one […]
November 21, 2016

Viewpoint: No to the WESM in Mindanao

David A. Tauli, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers A clamor has been raised to establish a wholesale electricity spot market (WESM) in Mindanao, now that there is an excess of capacity of power plants. This paper shows that: (1) The […]