April 21, 2017

Palace asked to step into ERC mess

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 20, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Laoag City – With the  ‘internal conflict” at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) hitting severe proportions, Malacañang is already being asked to “step in” to finally resolve the […]
April 19, 2017

744 ‘contestable’ customers switch to retail suppliers

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 18, 2017, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin At least 744 contestable customers have already affirmed that they are “king” when it comes to exercising preference on their electricity service – that had been following the […]
April 18, 2017

More power plants now on-line (DOE admits summer price hikes)

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 17, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) has admitted that summer months will likely drive up electricity rates for power consumers, but earlier forecasts of continued ‘yellow alerts’ had been […]
April 17, 2017

Luzon grid on ‘yellow alerts’ until June

by Myrna Velasco – April 16, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Luzon grid will recurrently be in misery of “yellow alert conditions” or insufficient power reserves and even brownout threats from April until June, according to the modified power supply-demand […]