October 18, 2017

Lawmaker seeks ERC clarification on power market-share limitation

By Lenie Lectura – October 17, 2017 from Manila Bulletin A lawmaker will discuss with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) ways on how to reconcile discrepancy between installed and dependable power-generating capacity. In his keynote speech, Sen. Sherwin T. Gatchalian on Tuesday said the metric […]
October 17, 2017

URC transmission project given green light by ERC

By Lenie Lectura – October 16, 2017 from Business Mirror GOKONGWEI-led Universal Robina Corp. (URC) has secured approval from regulators for its transmission facility in the Visayas region. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced it approved URC’s application to build a point-to-point (P2P) […]
October 17, 2017

WB keen on P52-b power grid project

by Alena Mae S. Flores – October 16, 2017 at 08:01 pm from manilastandard.net State-run National Transmission Corp. said Monday it is in “serious talks” with the World Bank to finance the P52-billion Visayas-Mindanao interconnection project. TransCo president Melvin Matibag said the World Bank […]
October 12, 2017

ERC collates feedback on bill-deposit draft rules

By Lenie Lectura – October 11, 2017 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is soliciting comments on the newly released draft rules governing the monitoring and reporting process of bill deposits. A bill deposit, equivalent to the estimated billing for one […]