January 31, 2020

Tight power supply, price spikes forecast for summer

By Lenie Lectura -January 31, 2020 from Business Mirror A lineman from Meralco checks on electric cables in San Andres, Manila, in this BusinessMirror file photo. WITH no new power supply to be generated anytime soon, the country’s independent electricity […]
January 22, 2020

DOE defends appointment of IEMOP as new WESM operator

By Alena Mae S. Flores – January 21, 2020 at 06:50 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Department on Tuesday defended its move to transfer the operations of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market to the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the […]
August 14, 2019

‘PSE may operate WESM if operator fails to do its job’

By Lenie Lectura – August 13, 2019 from Business Mirror THE Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) may operate the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) if the current market operator fails to perform its duties, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said recently. “Iemop […]
May 16, 2019

Re-integration of IEMOP, PEMC explored as option for WESM

A plan to re-integrate the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) and Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) is an option currently being explored for the continued operations of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). Energy Secretary Alfonso G. […]