September 13, 2016

ERC to pursue probe vs ‘erring’ gencos despite August power-rate slash

by Lenie Lectura – September 12, 2016 from Business Mirror TTHE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will pursue its ongoing probe on generation companies (gencos), notwithstanding the power-rate slash during the period within which their power plants went offline last month. […]
September 9, 2016

ERC wraps up probe vs erring gencos–Salazar

by Lenie Lectura – September 7, 2016 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is set to wrap up its probe into the alleged anticompetitive practices of generation companies (gencos) whose power plants in Luzon went offline last month. “We […]
September 9, 2016

ERC to sit on PSA requests of power firms without DENR permits

by Lenie Lectura – September 8, 2016 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will not act on applications for power-supply agreements (PSAs) filed by power firms  until they have secured environmental permits from the Department of Environment and […]
August 22, 2016

IPP’s Surrender to Meralco’s Market Capture and the Rise of the Power Oligarchy

David Celestra Tan, MSK 20 August 2016 “We know we wanted to deregulate, we just forgot why we are doing it!” a USA regulator lamented. That in a nutshell is the state of the deregulated and privatized power sector in […]