February 11, 2020

ERC pushes ‘stricter scrutiny’ of power plants’ outages

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – February 10, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will “uncompromisingly” dissect the root causes of forced outages of power plants, especially at periods when supply-demand condition traverses critical levels. ERC […]
February 10, 2020

NEA secures higher budget of ₱2.29 B

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – February 8, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The budget of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to bring electricity access even to the remotest villages (barangays) of the country had been jacked up to ₱2.299 […]
February 6, 2020

ERC readies contingencies

Tight power supply seen   By MYRNA M. VELASCO – February 5, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With highly probable rolling brownouts hitting Luzon grid as early as March with ensuing price spikes, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) bared […]
February 5, 2020

Meralco PSAs for 1,700 MW capacity set to get ERC nod

By MYRNA M. VELASCO – February 4, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin A regulatory approval on the power supply agreements (PSAs) of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) for 1,700-megawatt offtake or capacity purchase from power generation companies (GenCos) is due […]