January 29, 2018

Review of ‘pass-on costs’ in electric bills pushed

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 28, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With escalating consumer agitation over incessantly increasing electricity rates, the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) will instigate a review and possibly rewrite the policy on “pass-on mechanism” […]
December 29, 2017

FIT-All interest charges swell to P527 million (Due to ERC’s delayed approval)

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 28, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The interest charges to be shouldered by consumers due to delayed regulatory approval of the feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) application of the National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) will swell to […]
September 21, 2017

RCOA: The ‘promise and peril’ of electricity consumer’s choice (Part I)

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 20, 2017, 12:22 PM from Manila Bulletin Retail competition and open access policy – or simply the RCOA, has arrived more than 10 years late.  Yet we sigh, its promise of ‘freedom of choice’ remains […]
June 19, 2017

Shakeup in energy sector: Stakeholders highlight need to keep Epira, with some provisions revised

By Lenie Lectura – June 18, 2017  from Business Mirror Sixteen years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001 was enacted into law, industry stakeholders observed more private-sector involvement in the energy industry, ushering in new power projects that […]