August 4, 2017

Palace Suspends ERC chair

By: Philip C. Tubeza – August 04, 2017, 07:44 AM from Inquirer.net Malacañang on Wednesday suspended Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chair Jose Vicente Salazar for four months for insubordination. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea found Salazar guilty of insubordination for appointing an officer in […]
August 2, 2017

Lantau Group sees lower electricity rates with nonapproval of Meralco PSAs

By Lenie Lectura – August 1, 2017 from Business Mirror HONG Kong-based think tank, Lantau Group, said the nonapproval of the power-supply agreements (PSAs) between the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and power producers will create instead what it called a “contracting gap” that […]
August 2, 2017

WESM doing wonders for power sector

By Lenie Lectura – August 2, 2017 from Business Mirror ELEVEN years since it was launched in Luzon and seven years after in the Visayas, the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has promoted competition and transparency—and has continued to multiply investors—in the power […]
July 31, 2017

PSALM universal charge hikes could drive up August electric bills

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 29, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The regulator-approved hike in the universal charges of Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) will likely drive up electric bills of Filipino consumers in August billing […]