October 14, 2016

Firm gets license to operate retail power-supply business

by Lenie Lectura – October 13, 2016 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has granted Corenergy Inc. a retail electricity supplier (RES) license, after it complied with the technical, financial and administrative requirements, proving the company’s capability to operate […]
September 24, 2016

NGCP cuts frequency of electricity outages

by Myrna Velasco – September 23, 2016 from Manila Bulletin For the seventh straight year, the experienced forced outages of the National Grid Corporation of the Phillippes (NGCP) had been down and allowed it to even exceed performance targets. The company said […]
September 20, 2016

PEMC data confirms WESM power-rate increase in August

by Lenie Lectura – September 19, 2016 from Business Mirror August power rates at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) shot up following seven instances of yellow alert and three instances of red alert in the supply month, data from the Philippine […]
August 30, 2016

The Betrayal and Treason of Rule 11 of the Epira IRR On Limits of Cross-Ownership

David Celestra Tan, MSK 26 August 2016 How can Meralco, a power distributor, legally arrogate unto itself an unlimited cross-ownership with sister power generators when there was supposed to be a 50% limit? The Epira Law already allowed Meralco under […]