September 23, 2017

Mobile power plants offered as ‘brownout solution’ to PH off-grids

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 22, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Suzhou, China – Brownout-stricken “island grids” or off-grid areas of the Philippines can turn to modular or “mobile power plants” as well as digitally enabled smart grids as […]
September 21, 2017

RCOA: The ‘promise and peril’ of electricity consumers’ choice (Second of Two Parts)

by Myrna M. Velasco –  September 20, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The legal skirmish hobbling retail competition in the power sector had been a fodder to the industry’s anguish – affecting not only the electricity suppliers but primarily the […]
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 […]
September 20, 2017

PSALM universal charge collections reach P53 B

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 19, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The universal charge pass-on in the consumers’ electric bills had given Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) collections reaching P53 billion as of July this year. […]