July 31, 2021

ERC asked to roll back Napocor missionary charges

By Angelica Y. Yang – July 28, 2021 | 8:34 pm from Business World PHILSTAR   CONSUMER-INTEREST group Laban Konsyumer, Inc. (LKI) said Wednesday that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) needs to dismiss the National Power Corp.’s (Napocor) applications to […]
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 […]
May 28, 2021

Legislation pushed to scrap FIT perks for RE projects

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 28, 2021, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin Congress is being urged to craft a legislative measure that shall seek to remove or renegotiate feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentives to renewable energy (RE) projects — given that […]
February 1, 2021

Due process not followed in FiT adjustment, NGO claims

By Angelica Y. Yang – January 31, 2021 | 7:33 pm from Business World CONSUMER RIGHTS advocacy group Laban Konsyumer, Inc. (LKI) has sought to nullify an Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) resolution to adjust the feed-in tariff (FiT) allowance, claiming […]