February 3, 2023

ERC allows retail customers to switch power suppliers

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 2, 2023, 4:52 PM from Manila Bulletin In upholding greater public interest and to spare consumers from unwarranted power service interruptions, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued amended rules allowing big-ticket customers to […]
November 15, 2022

Citing costs, MPower warns vs. disconnections

BY LENIE LECTURA – NOVEMBER 15, 2022 from Business Mirror MPower, the retail electricity supply arm of Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), continues to find ways to supply the requirements of its customers amid spiraling costs in fuel, coal and […]
October 13, 2022

ERC gets RCOA-related complaints

BY LENIE LECTURA – OCTOBER 13, 2022 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said on Wednesday it is seeing a rising number of complaints filed by contestable customers against their power suppliers. Contestable customers are large end-users that […]
November 20, 2021

ERC to lift moratorium on licensing of power retailers

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 19, 2021, 2:49 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be lifting the moratorium on the licensing of retail electricity suppliers (RES), or those that have been selling electricity to qualified […]