April 13, 2023

ERC to modify ‘reliability index’ on plant outages

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Apr 12, 2023 4:15 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be revising the rules that will set reliability indices for power plant operations, primarily their permissible allowance on planned and forced […]
April 11, 2023

DOE declares moratorium on CSP exemption

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Apr 10, 2023 5:22 PM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE The moratorium on the issuance of certificates of exemption (COEs) for CSP will be enforced until a new policy is implemented CSP is an […]
April 10, 2023

ERC, NEDA setting up electricity affordability index

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Apr 9, 2023 6:31 PM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE ERC and NEDA pursuing collaboration on setting up Electricity Affordability Index to understand the variation of power rates all over the country Data accumulated […]
April 10, 2023

ERC says anti-competitive behavior hard to probe

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Apr 7, 2023 11:16 AM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE The ERC will be engaging the help of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) on investigating anti-competitive behavior in the electricity market ERC reclaims jurisdiction […]