May 17, 2019

Government to require gencos to sell 70% of power plant capacity

By Lenie Lectura – May 16, 2019 from Business Mirror POWER generation companies (gencos) will soon be required by the Department of Energy (DOE) to sell up to 70 percent of their power facilities’ capacity to distribution utilities (DUs) and […]
February 24, 2018

DOE mulls ‘no pass-on policy’ on initial coal TRAIN tax

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 23, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin At the initial excise tax rate of P50 per metric ton, the Department of Energy (DOE) is advancing a policy idea that the generation companies (GenCos) will […]
February 24, 2018

ERC starts issuing approvals for power plants’ COCs

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 21, 2018, 10:01 PM from manila Bulletin Filipino consumers must no longer be jittery of power supply interruptions during the summer months, as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has started delivering on its promised approval […]
August 2, 2017

WESM doing wonders for power sector

By Lenie Lectura – August 2, 2017 from Business Mirror ELEVEN years since it was launched in Luzon and seven years after in the Visayas, the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has promoted competition and transparency—and has continued to multiply investors—in the power […]