July 27, 2018

DOE issues rules on choice of renewable energy resources by end-users

By Danessa Rivera – July 27, 2018 – 12:00am from The Philippine Star Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi recently signed a circular (DC) that lays down the rules and guidelines governing the establishment of the Green Energy Option Program pursuant to […]
July 6, 2018

Palace intervention sought over DOE-ERC turf rivalry on power supply contracting

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 4, 2018, 10:43 PM from Manila Bulletin The aggrupation of the country’s renewable energy (RE) project developers is formally seeking the intervention of Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea on the “escalating turf war” of […]
April 13, 2018

DOE may snatch ERC’s ‘licensing role’ on retail power suppliers

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 12, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With the never-ending dilemmas that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) had been getting enmeshed with, the Department of Energy (DOE) is now intending to take hold of […]
October 2, 2017

2 more years of ‘policy uncertainty’ for RE investors

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 2, 2017, 7:20 AM from Manila Bulletin Local and foreign investors have been batting for clarity and certainty on policy issues in the renewable energy (RE) sector, but the Department of Energy (DOE) had […]