February 19, 2020

PSALM sees DOF okay for ADB role in hydropower privatization

By Lenie Lectura – February 19, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) is expecting within the month the Department of Finance’s go-ahead for its plan to tap the services of Asian Development Bank […]
February 13, 2020

PEMC-Iemop deal null and void from the start, lawmaker insists

By Lenie Lectura -February 13, 2020 from Business Mirror PUWERSA ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles on Wednesday urged the  Department of Energy (DoE) to declare null and void the contract between the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) […]
February 10, 2020

Solons probe spot market operator’s accord with PEMC for irregularities

By Lenie Lectura -February 10, 2020 from Business Mirror LAWMAKERS are looking into the irregularities within the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (Iemop), operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). Rep. Jericho Nograles of Puwersa ng Bayaning […]
January 28, 2020

Consumers given ‘choice’ as ERC resumes RES licensing

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 27, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin More Filipino consumers can already exercise their “power of choice” under the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) policy, as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has resumed […]