March 7, 2020

ERC orders ₱2.8 B worth of refunds to DU customers

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 6, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered a refund of ₱2.8 billion to customers of distribution utilities (DUs), which may translate to as high as ₱1.3182 per […]
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 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 […]
February 8, 2020

Tight powersupply seen this summer…

By Danessa Rivera – February 7, 2020 – 12:00am from The Philippine Star Manila, Philippines — The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has warned of possible red alert warnings this summer as the Luzon grid is projected to have a shortfall […]