February 27, 2017

RCOA AND THE ERC’s MANDATE TO CREATE COMPETITION IN THE POWER SECTOR

David Celestra Tan, MSK 25 February 2017 The ERC meant well in its pursuit of implementing retail competition and open access or RCOA. It is all part of the regulators general mandate to create competition in the power sector, which […]
February 25, 2017

31 customers deferring switch to RCOA after SC’s TRO

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 24, 2017, 6:42 PM from Manila Bulletin Following policy muddle because of the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court, about 31 contestable customers have asked for deferment of their registration for switching […]
February 24, 2017

Energy agencies to issue new order after SC froze open access

by Alena Mae S. Flores – February 23, 2017 at 10:05 pm from Manila Standard Today THE Energy Department, the Energy Regulatory Commission and Philippine Electricity Market Corp. will come out with a unified policy to guide power players after the Supreme Court […]
February 17, 2017

‘No need to amend Epira’

By Lenie Lectura – February 16, 2017 from Business Mirror Sixteen years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (Epira) was enacted into law, the Department of Energy (DOE) strongly believes that the law does not need to be […]