January 12, 2017

DOE may lower WESM secondary price cap during Malampaya shutdown

By Lenie Lectura – January 10, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) has raised the possibility of further lowering the secondary price cap in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to cushion the possible impact during the 20-day shutdown of […]
January 11, 2017

ERC issues COC, COE to 17 solar-power providers under 2nd round of FiT scheme

By Lenie Lectura – January 9, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued certificates of compliance (COCs) to solar-power providers under the second round of the feed-in-tariff (FiT) scheme. “We already completed the issuance of COCs for the solar-power […]
January 11, 2017

16 solar plants secure FIT rates

Alena Mae S. Flores – January 09, 2017 at 08:30 pm from Manila Standard Today The Energy Regulatory Commission granted a feed-in tariff rate of P8.69 per kilowatt-hour to 16 solar projects as endorsed by the Energy Department under the second […]
January 11, 2017

Generation companies raise concern over WESM trading platform changes

By Myrna M. Velasco –  January 9, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Power generation companies (GenCos) have formally raised their concern with the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) on the trading platform changes being introduced in the new market […]