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 13, 2020

Third-party investors sought for unenergized service areas of DUs

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – January 11, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The government, through a policy direction set out by the Department of Energy (DOE), is inviting third- party investors that shall energize the areas unserved or underserved […]
January 11, 2020

ERC sets strategic plan to address case backlogs

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 10, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin As backlogs on regulatory cases and rule-making processes had been holding up investment flows in the power sector, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) indicated that it will […]
January 10, 2020

Meralco sets further TOR revisions in CSP for greenfield capacity

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – January 9, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The legal and technical teams of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) are reviewing anew some propounded further revisions on the terms of reference (TOR) for […]