April 10, 2023

ERC says anti-competitive behavior hard to probe

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Apr 7, 2023 11:16 AM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE The ERC will be engaging the help of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) on investigating anti-competitive behavior in the electricity market ERC reclaims jurisdiction […]
April 5, 2023

Meralco, San Miguel told to refrain from terminating supply contracts

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 3, 2023, 7:00 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission told Manila Electric Co. and San Miguel Corp.’s power subsidiaries to refrain from terminating their 2021 power supply contracts until the regulator acted […]
March 28, 2023

NGCP raises power supply alarm to brownouts

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Mar 27, 2023 1:08 PM from Manila Bulletin AT A GLANCE System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) raises alarm on high probabilities of brownouts due to artificial lack of power reserves The […]
March 27, 2023

IEMOP: Time to review, but not junk, the SPC on traded power

BY LENIE LECTURA – MARCH 27, 2023 from Business Mirror THE Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) agrees that the secondary price cap (SPC), a mechanism that puts a ceiling on traded power whenever prices shoot up in […]