July 9, 2021

DOE: Contestable consumers under RCOA up 227%

BY LORENZ S. MARASIGAN – JULY 8, 2021 from Business Mirror The Department of Energy (DOE) noted a “significant increase” in the number of contestable consumers eligible to choose their own suppliers under the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA). […]
July 5, 2021

DOE admits higher future rate hikes

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 5, 2021, 7:00 AM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) said the 20-day Malampaya preventive maintenance shutdown scheduled in October this year will spark higher rate hikes toward the close of the […]
July 3, 2021

Meralco rates anticipated to go up this month

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 2, 2021, 12:39 PM from Manila Bulletin The ‘curse’ of strained electricity supply mainly precipitated by simultaneous plant outages will continue to haunt electricity consumers — as the overall rate of Manila Electric Company […]
July 2, 2021

ERC probe to zero in on ‘profit-takers’ during WESM price spikes

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 1, 2021, 4:02 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has stipulated that it will zero in investigations on generation companies (GenCos) that may have raked in “financial gains” from the series […]