November 5, 2016

DOE eyes ‘options’ to boost electricity supply, Cusi says

By Lenie Lectura – November 4, 2016 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) is now looking at other options to boost the country’s power supply following President Duterte’s pronouncement that no nuclear power plant would be put up during […]
November 5, 2016

ERC lauds Meralco move to register as retail supplier

By Lenie Lectura – November 3, 2016 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) hailed the recent pronouncement by the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) that it will apply for the registration of an affiliated company as a retail electricity supplier (RES), […]
November 5, 2016

ERC extends deadline for contestable consumers to choose power supplier

By Lenie Lectura – November 3, 2016 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has moved to extend the deadline for contestable customers with at least 1 megawatt (MW) of electricity consumption in a month to choose their own electricity supplier from […]
October 29, 2016

ERC allows SMCPC to implement supply contracts with 5 DUs

by Lenie Lectura – October 28, 2016 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) decided to grant interim relief on San Miguel Consolidated Power Corp.’s (SMCPC) power-supply contracts (PSCs) with five distribution utilities (DUs) based in Mindanao. The grant […]