October 5, 2017

Meralco nudges ERC on 7 PSA applications

By Lenie Lectura – October 4, 2017 from Business Mirror A top official of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said the utility firm “remains hopeful” that regulators will immediately act and approve soon its seven power-supply agreement (PSA) applications. “We still remain hopeful. […]
October 5, 2017

ERC okays P30.6-million WESM budget for Mindanao in 2017

By Lenie Lectura – October 3, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved a preoperating budget of P30.6 million for the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao for 2017. The budget approved for the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. […]
October 4, 2017

EO 30 still ‘stuck’ at projects identification and IRR crafting

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 2, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin It is an edict that promises to streamline energy project approvals within 30 days, but almost three months now and counting, Executive Order 30 (EO30) is still stuck […]
October 4, 2017

Anticipation high on approval of Meralco PSAs this week

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 3, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Anticipation is now high on probable approval of some power supply agreements (PSAs) of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) given the “decision timeline” that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) […]