December 1, 2016

Global Power eyes 100MW in retail electricity market

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 30, 2016, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Through its licensed retail electricity supplier (RES) unit, Global Business Power Corporation (GBPC) is targeting to grow its capacity in the contestable market by 100 megawatts (MW) until […]
November 21, 2016

No new market share limits for GenCos until next March

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 20, 2016, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Power generation companies (GenCos) are not obligated to comply with new market share caps until March, 2017, according to a new resolution from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). […]
November 11, 2016

Stop Meralco deals, SC asked

By: Gil C. Cabacungan – November 10, 2016, 04:16 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer A consumer group has asked the Supreme Court to stop the  Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) from approving Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco)  20-year power supply agreements (PSA) that did not […]
November 7, 2016

Regulatory Capture 103 or Corruption in Government Agencies 101

By David A. Tauli, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers In response to the proposal by the MCPC for member-consumers of electric cooperatives to file criminal charges at regional trial courts against their EC officers and against the ERC commissioners for […]