January 14, 2020

New president named for WESM operating entity

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 13, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The operating entity of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has a new president in lawyer Richard Nethercott — already the third one to serve at the […]
January 5, 2020

Price cap to be prescribed on renewable energy certificates

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – January 4, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin A price cap has to be instituted in the renewable energy certificates (RECs) that shall then be sold via the RE Market (REM) trading layer of the […]
December 23, 2019

DOE sets new rules on prudential requirement for WESM traders

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – December 21, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Via its proposed Circular, the Department of Energy (DOE) is amending the “prudential requirement” that a trading participant in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) must post […]
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). […]