February 3, 2018

Plan to install independent WESM operator up

By Alena Mae S. Flores – February 02, 2018 at 07:33 pm from manilastandard.net The board of Philippine Electricity Market Corp. approved the transition plan to create an independent market operator for the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market. PEMC, chaired by […]
August 2, 2017

WESM doing wonders for power sector

By Lenie Lectura – August 2, 2017 from Business Mirror ELEVEN years since it was launched in Luzon and seven years after in the Visayas, the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has promoted competition and transparency—and has continued to multiply investors—in the power […]
June 19, 2017

Shakeup in energy sector: Stakeholders highlight need to keep Epira, with some provisions revised

By Lenie Lectura – June 18, 2017  from Business Mirror Sixteen years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001 was enacted into law, industry stakeholders observed more private-sector involvement in the energy industry, ushering in new power projects that […]