December 31, 2020

FIT-All rate increase for RE to greet consumers

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 31, 2020, 5:00 AM from Manila Bulletin Electricity consumers will be greeted with a “Happy New Year rate hike” as they will need to pay more as subsidy to renewable energy (RE) projects via […]
June 26, 2020

SC affirms ERC authority on ‘substitute pricing’ for WESM

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 25, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The Supreme Court has upheld the authority of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on its move to enforce “substitute pricing” for the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) […]
March 26, 2020

WESM remains in operation

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 25, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Despite ‘state of calamity’ declaration by the Office of the President, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has announced that it will not be suspending the operations of […]
February 26, 2020

Cusi awaits PEMC comments before deciding Iemop’s fate

By Lenie Lectura -February 26, 2020 from Business Mirror ENERGY Secretary Alfonso Cusi is close to making a decision on the issue involving the allegedly illegal creation of Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (Iemop). He said last week that […]