September 30, 2021

Customers affected by cable outage to get refund–PEMC

BY LENIE LECTURA – SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 from Business Mirror The Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) will recommend to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) a pricing scheme for the duration of the outage of the Cebu-Negros Submarine Cable, in its […]
July 20, 2021

Co-ops: Supply issues caused higher power prices

By Angelica Y. Yang – July 18, 2021 | 7:59 pm from Business World   THE PHILIPPINE Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc. (Philreca) said that electricity rates rose in June due to supply issues and not the failure of electric […]
June 29, 2021

IEMOP sets ‘red flag triggers’ on WESM trading breaches

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 28, 2021, 3:47 PM from Manila Bulletin The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) is enforcing triggers to potential ‘red flags’ it has been tracking on the operation of the Wholesale Electricity […]
June 18, 2021

DOE finally admits power capacity shortage

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 17, 2021, 4:37 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) finally admitted that Luzon grid already lacks capacity to meet peak electricity demand, especially with the recurring dilemma of forced outages of […]