June 29, 2017

Groups urge ERC to thrash Meralco’s ‘shady’ PSA deals

By Lenie Lectura – June 28, 2017 from Business Mirror Members of civil society and representatives of communities and consumers affected by the operations of coal-fired power plants filed on Wednesday before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) separate petitions for intervention regarding Manila […]
June 29, 2017

PEMC launches trial operations of Mindanao power spot market

By Lenie Lectura – June 28, 2017 from Business Mirror A total of 41 firms participated in the trial operations for a spot market in Mindanao, the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) said on Wednesday. The trial operations of the Wholesale Electricity Spot […]
June 28, 2017

WESM mitigating measure set ahead of Malampaya repair

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 21, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin. To cushion cost impact on consumers for “extraordinary events” affecting electricity supply flow, a supplementing mitigating measure at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) had already been given […]
June 28, 2017

ERC denies staff recommendation to consolidate cases against Meralco, TMO, and 1590 Energy

By Lenie Lectura – June 27, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) denied the recommendation of a former investigating staff to consolidate the cases involving anticompetitive behavior and market abuse against the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and Therma Mobile Inc. […]