March 25, 2018

Auctions cutting solar costs to P1.00/kwh equivalent

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 24, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Cancún, Mexico – In Latin America and elsewhere in the world, the prevailing auction or bidding systems for solar power projects – including those underpinned by policy […]
March 23, 2018

ERC modifies standards for operations of distribution utilities

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 22, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With heavy integration of variable renewable energy (VRE) or the power facilities with on-and-off electricity generation, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) noted that it has been prompted […]
March 21, 2018

ERC sets new capacity ownership limits on GenCos

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 20, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin To prevent undue market dominance and abuses in the restructured electricity sector, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has enforced new capacity ownership limitation on power generation companies […]
March 19, 2018

TRAIN 2 to scrap P11.2-billion energy sector’s tax incentives

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 18, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Roughly P11.2 billion worth of tax and import duty incentives for investments in the energy sector will be scrapped under the propounded package 2 of the Tax […]