March 21, 2017

Policing the power sector

By  BusinessMirror Editorial – March 20, 2017 from Business Mirror The Philippines has one of the most expensive electricity rates in the world. The government owes taxpayers safe, reliable and affordable electricity, but its attempt to lower prices by restructuring the power […]
March 17, 2017

Solons say midnight ERC deals allow Meralco to lock down consumers for 25 years

from Business Mirror March 16, 2017 Congressmen today assailed the alleged sweetheart deals engineered by officials of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to favor power distributor Meralco that would allow the latter to lock down consumers in its franchise areas […]
March 15, 2017

NGCP, SN Aboitiz seek ERC nod on new AS procurement

By Lenie Lectura – March 14, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) and SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet Inc. (SNAP-BI) are asking the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to grant them a provisional authority to implement their ancillary services procurement […]
March 15, 2017

NPC seeks P1.078-billion recovery cost adjustment from fuel-price fluctuations

By Lenie Lectura – March 13, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Power Corp. (NPC) has filed an application for recovery cost adjustments worth P1.078 billion. The amount represents additional operating costs incurred by NPC-SPUG (Small Power Utilities Group) as a result of […]