December 10, 2018

Viewpoint: A Response to the Proposed Bill for Micro-Grids

Establishment of Micro-grids Supplied with Electricity from Solar PV Power Plants with Battery Storage will Result in Expensive Rates for Consumers in the Micro-grids By David A. Tauli, President, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers The economic rationale for the establishment […]
June 28, 2018

PEMC moves closer to being independent

By Alena Mae S. Flores – June 26, 2018 at 07:00 pm from manilastandard.net Philippine Electricity Market Corp., operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, took a step closer of becoming an independent market operator after the Energy Department relinquished […]
March 21, 2018

ERC sets new capacity ownership limits on GenCos

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 20, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin To prevent undue market dominance and abuses in the restructured electricity sector, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has enforced new capacity ownership limitation on power generation companies […]
December 19, 2017

Govt’s Right to Tax Power Comes with Obligation to Protect Electric Consumers From Exploitation

David Celestra Tan, MSK 17 December 2017 The new government tax on coal and diesel will be painful additions to the monthly electric bills of the already overcharged and overburdened Filipino electric consumers. It will add P0.12 per kwh to […]