February 18, 2020

ERC rejects FIT-anchored RE pricing

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – Updated February 17, 2020, 11:05 AM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has thumbed down proposals to anchor “green energy pricing” for new renewable energy (RE) projects to the degressed feed-in-tariff (FIT), with […]
February 15, 2020

ERC backpedals on WESM secondary cap’s reduction

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – February 14, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is backpedaling on proposals to lower the secondary cap of traded capacity in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), which should have […]
February 12, 2020

Did ERC let Iemop collect fees from consumers? Solons ask

By Lenie Lectura -February 12, 2020 from Business Mirror THE House Energy Committee wants to know from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) if it allowed Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (Iemop) to collect 1 centavo for every kilowatt-hour (kWh) from […]
February 11, 2020

ERC pushes ‘stricter scrutiny’ of power plants’ outages

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – February 10, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will “uncompromisingly” dissect the root causes of forced outages of power plants, especially at periods when supply-demand condition traverses critical levels. ERC […]