July 19, 2017

Duterte seeks new guidelines on ECCs for energy projects

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 17, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin President Rodrigo R. Duterte is requiring the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to submit new guidelines on the approval and issuance of environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) […]
July 17, 2017

NREB sets flexibility in RE capacity purchase

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 15, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) is injecting some flexibility in the incremental purchase of renewable energy (RE) capacity that off-taker distribution utilities would have to adhere to […]
July 17, 2017

FIT payments to RE developers still short by P8.15 billion by July

By Myrna M. Velasco –  July 15, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Payments of feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentives to renewable energy (RE) developers remain short by P8.15 billion as of July this year, fund administrator of National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) has […]
July 10, 2017

ERC still in a legal bind in resolving RES licenses

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 9, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Despite “risk of default” raised by retail electricity suppliers (RES), the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has admitted that it still has its hands legally tied because of the […]