November 9, 2017

Viewpoint: UPDATE: WAR ON CORRUPTION IN BUSECO AND OTHER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES IN MINDANAO

By the Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers November 5, 2017 from David Tauli In the period 2013-2014, sixteen electric cooperatives in Mindanao entered into anomalous contracts for power supply for their consumers with the 405-MW coal power plant of the […]
July 3, 2017

ERC renews permits of three power co-ops by 5 more years

By Lenie Lectura – July 2, 2017 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) recently renewed the permits of Mindoro Grid Corp. (MGC-Igacos), AP Renewables Inc. (Apri) and Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative Inc. (Ormeco) for five more years. The certificates of compliance (COCs) […]
June 13, 2017

Solon wants legal opinion on Epira

by Alena Mae S. Flores – June 11, 2017 at 07:01 pm from Manila Standard Today Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has sought the legal opinion of the Joint Congressional Power Commission on retail competition and open access, which suffered a setback due to a […]
February 17, 2017

‘No need to amend Epira’

By Lenie Lectura – February 16, 2017 from Business Mirror Sixteen years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (Epira) was enacted into law, the Department of Energy (DOE) strongly believes that the law does not need to be […]