September 21, 2017

RCOA: The ‘promise and peril’ of electricity consumer’s choice (Part I)

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 20, 2017, 12:22 PM from Manila Bulletin Retail competition and open access policy – or simply the RCOA, has arrived more than 10 years late.  Yet we sigh, its promise of ‘freedom of choice’ remains […]
September 21, 2017

NEA wants electric cooperatives to set up micro grids

by Lenie Lectura – September 19, 2017 from Business Mirror THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) is crafting a policy meant to fast-track the implementation of the country’s rural electrification program. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said his office strongly proposed that all electric cooperatives (ECs) […]
September 21, 2017

Electricity reserve not enough

by Alena Mae S. Flores – September 20, 2017 at 09:01 pm  from manilastandard.net Manila Electric Co., the country’s biggest electricity retailer, has expressed concern over the series of yellow alerts since end August that has been plaguing the Luzon grid, a company executive […]
September 20, 2017

PSALM universal charge collections reach P53 B

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 19, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The universal charge pass-on in the consumers’ electric bills had given Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) collections reaching P53 billion as of July this year. […]