July 25, 2017

PSALM gets regulator’s nod to collect P37 billion from NPC

By Lenie Lectura – JULY 24, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has allowed the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corp. to collect from consumers a total of P37 billion, representing the stranded debts and stranded contract costs […]
July 21, 2017

Plant shutdowns to cut Luzon grid’s July-September power supply by 2,000 MW

By Lenie Lectura – July 20, 2017 from Business Mirror ABOUT 2,650 megawatts (MW) of power-generating capacity will be shaved off from the Luzon grid in the July-to-September period, owing to a number of power plants that are scheduled to go offline. The […]
July 20, 2017

DOE’s ‘Causers Pay Policy Program’ to start within the year

By Lenie Lectura – July 19, 2017 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) will no longer allow “negligent and incompetent” power-industry players to pass on to consumers the additional costs incurred in sourcing higher priced electricity when a power outage occurs. […]
July 18, 2017

ERC’s Reasons for Postponing CSP Implementation Weak and Not True.

Evelyn Viray Jallorina, Alyansa Para saBagongPilipinas 16 July 2017 The justifications being given by the Commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission for their postponement by six months of the implementation of the Competitive Selection Process, or CSP bidding policy,  are […]