July 7, 2017

Meralco defends 7 power supply deals as above board

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 4, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has defended itself before a Congressional hearing  yesterday that the seven power supply agreements (PSAs) it entered into without the benefit […]
July 5, 2017

Power Crisis Would be Coming If We don’t Act Now!

David Celestra Tan, MSK 4 July 2017 The National Capital Region, the nerve center of the country’s economic activity, will soon be facing a “power crisis” sometime between October 2017 to March 2018. Or there would be a big spike […]
July 3, 2017

ERC modifies rules on refund of power bill deposits

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 2, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is modifying rules on pay-back and reporting requirements on the bill deposits of customers in the electricity sector. In the draft ERC rules […]
July 3, 2017

ERC renews permits of three power co-ops by 5 more years

By Lenie Lectura – July 2, 2017 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) recently renewed the permits of Mindoro Grid Corp. (MGC-Igacos), AP Renewables Inc. (Apri) and Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative Inc. (Ormeco) for five more years. The certificates of compliance (COCs) […]