November 18, 2019

Viewpoint: Advisory to Mindanao Power Consumers on the Mindanao WESM Being Proposed by the IEMOP

By David A. Tauli, President – November 16, 2019 Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers Note first that the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market in Mindanao is still being proposed for establishment by the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP). […]
September 24, 2019

WESM sets out plan for derivatives market

By Myrna M. Velasco – Updated September 23, 2019, 11:14 AM from Manila Bulletin To reinforce interplay of financial transactions in the country’s electricity spot market, the integration of derivatives market and financial transmission rights (FTR) is now being advanced […]
April 26, 2019

WESM prices spike by P1.523/kwh after brownouts

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 25, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin After recurrence of rotating brownouts this month, consumers will have to suffer in their next billing roughly P1.523 per kilowatt hour (kwh) surge in rates due to […]
April 8, 2019

DOE to name ‘profiteering GenCos’ in WESM

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 7, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) said it will release the list of power generation companies (GenCos) that may have gained financially in price spikes at the Wholesale […]