Electricity

MANILA, Philippines – Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras berated yesterday the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for lack of transparency in reporting the true situation of the country’s power transmission system.

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UPHOLDING consumers’ rights, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled that Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has no right to cut its services and impose additional charges on its consumers suspected of tampering with their electric meters without sufficient evidence to prove it.

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MANILA, Philippines – Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras vowed that his first order of business is to prevent power interruptions.

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Cooperative Development Authority (CDA)-registered electric cooperatives are egging other utilities to follow their lead in shunning government control to bring down electricity rates.

During the Arroyo years, electrification of 99 percent of all barangays was achieved. Access to water and electricity in barangays across the country improved remarkably over the past decade, data and statements from government agencies disclose. Jesus Tamang, Department of Energy director, said that as of March 31, 2010 the government has accomplished the electrification…

STATE-OWNED National Power Corp. (Napocor) is seeking higher rates to recoup deferred foreign exchange and fuel costs. In separate petitions jointly filed before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), Napocor asked the regulator to allow it to recover from its customers a total of P8.8 billion in fuel and contracted independent power producer costs, and P8.5…

ENERGY Secretary Jose Ibazeta on Friday urged National Power Corp.’s employees to prepare for a coming reorganization that will likely result in layoffs, saying the state-run firm was overstaffed.

THE government may undertake fresh borrowing to settle the maturing debts of state-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor). Energy Secretary Jose Ibazeta said state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (Psalm) may tap banks for another $1 billion to settle or refinance Napocor’s maturing obligations.

Two months ago, consumers of MERALCO could no longer contain their surging protest over the 2nd Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approval of a new round of increase for MERALCO’s distribution charges – i.e., distribution, supply and metering (DSM), under the ERC-initiated new rate setting methodology called Performance-Based Regulation (PBR) which replaced the tested Return on…

Despite the high cost of power generation, customers of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will see a reduction in their June electricity bills because of a decrease in transmission and system loss charges.

CEBU, Philippines – The small and medium industries that don’t have their own generator sets are taking the brunt of the recent power outages brought about by the lack of supply for the Cebu-Negros-Panay Grid.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co., Inc. (CEPALCO) and other electric cooperatives in Mindanao have formally asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to intervene on the issue of increased charges by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).

The Northern Mindanao chapter of Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport) based in Cagayan de Oro recently reported that daily power outages in Mindanao have hit an average of five hours a day and is expected to persist until the third quarter of this year.

(FIRST OF TWO PARTS) Rotating brownouts during sweltering summer months. Electricity price spikes at the spot market. And yes, there’s a Department of Energy (DoE) that failed in planning. Familiar scenes? Well, that was the State of California in the past decade before it hurtled into its monumental power market deregulation failure.

MANILA, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, (TUCP), the country’s largest party-list of workers, has condemned the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for crafting and implementing the so-called “performance-based rate formula” which it claimed is the cause of skyrocketing prices of electricity.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized the 2009-2030 Philippine Energy Plan (PEP), a blueprint of the energy development undertaking of the country over the next two decades.

The skirmish in the hikes in charges of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) intensified further when the operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) tossed accountability on the distribution firm’s independent power producers (IPPs) as the ones contributing substantially in the hike in its generation charges.

MANILA, Philippines – The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM), the government entity tasked to handle the privatization of National Power Corp. assets, said there is nothing illegal with the sale of the Angat hydroelectric power plant.

MANILA Electric Co.’s first-quarter net income surged 127 percent to P2 billion from P900 million on higher charges and increased sales to industries as a result of the recovering economy, the company told the Stock Exchange Thursday.

The Department of Energy (DOE) and its allied government and private sector entities have arrived at contingency measures to ensure adequate power for the May 10 automated elections.

MANILA, Philippines – If the prevailing power shortages will not be addressed today, the country will see a repeat of the power crisis in the early 90s, an international research firm said in a report.

MANILA, Philippines – A consumer advocate has urged Malacañang and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to investigate the huge price spikes at the country’s wholesale electricity spot market (WESM).

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Thermal plants are still the best solution to the Mindanao power problem in the long run, Energy Secretary Jose C. Ibazeta said here on Monday during a consultation with stakeholders.

I’m bemused by the recent uproar created by the latest round of rate hikes from Meralco. Coming as it does in the midst of continuing brownouts, some people are complaining that the situation is just unfair.

THE GROWING information technology and business process outsourcing industries have urged the government to stabilize the country’s power situation, stressing that erratic supply will affect the image of the Philippines as a prospective investment site.

THE PHILIPPINES SAVED some P4.4 billion in 2009 due largely to energy efficiency and conservation measures implemented by the government last year, according to the Department of Energy.

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines—The Central Negros Electric Cooperative will consult local government leaders before tapping temporary replacement power to mitigate frequent power outages because this would cost consumers P1.40 more per kilowatt hour.