January 22, 2020

DOE defends appointment of IEMOP as new WESM operator

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 21, 2020 at 06:50 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department on Tuesday defended its move to transfer the operations of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market to the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the […]
January 13, 2020

Third-party investors sought for unenergized service areas of DUs

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – January 11, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The government, through a policy direction set out by the Department of Energy (DOE), is inviting third- party investors that shall energize the areas unserved or underserved […]
January 5, 2020

Wishlist 2020: No brownouts and end of energy turf wars

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – January 4, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The year 2019 glaringly showed an era of wrong energy forecasts especially during the summer months, indecisions, disagreements and globe-trotting for energy officials while the domestic energy […]
December 11, 2019

ERC flags ‘possible legal impediments’ in DOE’s draft circular on net metering

By Lenie Lectura -December 11, 2019 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Tuesday said it called the attention of the Department of Energy (DOE) in connection with its draft circular on-net metering scheme. “Upon perusal of the […]