July 31, 2021

ERC asked to roll back Napocor missionary charges

By Angelica Y. Yang – July 28, 2021 | 8:34 pm from Business World PHILSTAR   CONSUMER-INTEREST group Laban Konsyumer, Inc. (LKI) said Wednesday that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) needs to dismiss the National Power Corp.’s (Napocor) applications to […]
July 31, 2021

NEA ahead of target electrification pace in first half

By Angelica Y. Yang – July 27, 2021 | 9:02 pm from Business World   THE NATIONAL Electrification Administration (NEA) said Tuesday that it has brought power to a total of 590 rural villages or more than half of its […]
July 31, 2021

Former DoE official elected as PEMC president

By Angelica Y. Yang, Reporter – July 27, 2021 | 9:01 pm from Business World FORMER ENERGY Assistant Secretary (ASec) Leonido J. Pulido III has been elected to lead the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) as its president, the company […]
July 20, 2021

Co-ops: Supply issues caused higher power prices

By Angelica Y. Yang – July 18, 2021 | 7:59 pm from Business World   THE PHILIPPINE Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc. (Philreca) said that electricity rates rose in June due to supply issues and not the failure of electric […]