June 14, 2021

‘ERC must scrutinize impact of AS policy on consumers’

BY LENIE LECTURA – JUNE 14, 2021 from Business Mirror The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should be allowed to review the Department of Energy (DOE) policy requiring 100-percent firm contracting for […]
June 14, 2021

PSALM wants stranded debts in power bills removed

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 14, 2021, 6:30 AM from Manila Bulletin State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) said it will formally ask the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to scrap the universal charge for stranded debts […]
June 12, 2021

Meralco rates to go up slightly by P0.08/kWh this June due to WESM price spikes

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 11, 2021, 2:34 PM from Manila Bulletin Customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will have to burden additional P0.0798 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in their June electric bills, and that’s driven mainly by higher […]
June 12, 2021

New power plant may save Luzon from more brownouts

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 12, 2021, 8:00 AM from Manila Bulletin Consumers in the Luzon grid will be spared from suffering brownouts in the coming weeks if the first 668-megawatt unit 1 of the GNPower Dinginin coal-fired power […]