October 24, 2017

Singson expects ‘different challenges’ at Meralco PowerGen

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 21, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With regulatory-snagged approvals of power supply agreements (PSAs) on projects, incoming Meralco PowerGen Corporation President Rogelio L. Singson indicated that he is expecting “different challenges” at his next […]
October 24, 2017

Our National Dance on Market Concentration in Power….and the Resulting Monopolization, Oligopolization, and Cartelization.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 22 October 2017 The DOE and ERC have been dancing around the issue of Market Concentration in Power since the get-go of the crafting and passing of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 that […]
October 23, 2017

Unpaid FIT to renewable firms piling up—TransCo

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 20, 2017 at 07:01 pm  from manilastandard.net State-run National Transmission Corp. has asked the Energy Regulatory Commission to act on its pending applications, saying the renewable energy payment backlog is expected to reach P8 billion by the […]
October 23, 2017

Court’s TRO hinders power supply competition

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 19, 2017 at 07:24 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday expressed concern over its inability to issue new retail electricity licenses in the wake of the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court […]