October 30, 2020

ERC extending till year-end no-disconnection policy

By Lenie Lectura – October 30, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) ordered distribution utilities (DUs) on Thursday to observe a no-disconnection policy  until end-2020 for the  nonpaying customers whose monthly consumption is less than 200 kilowatt hour […]
January 20, 2020

DOE to issue rules for green tariffs, auction

By Danessa Rivera – January 20, 2020 – 12:00am from The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) is coming out with rules and programs for the implementation of a green energy tariff and rules for green […]
November 7, 2019

One-third of ‘contestable’ power consumers still unregistered — PEMC

By Victor V. Saulon – November 3, 2019 | 11:06 pm from Business World   UP TO 32% of electricity users that have been certified as “contestable” and can directly buy power from retail suppliers have yet to register in […]
April 13, 2018

DOE may snatch ERC’s ‘licensing role’ on retail power suppliers

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 12, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With the never-ending dilemmas that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) had been getting enmeshed with, the Department of Energy (DOE) is now intending to take hold of […]