THE PHILIPPINE Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) has received 20 applications from electricity end-users consuming 750kwh who wish to become “contestable consumers” and have the option to choose their retail electricity supplier (RES), the company said on Tuesday. This comes as the ERC has finally issued the dates during which contestable consumers are required to buy their electricity supply from RES initially on a voluntarily basis and eventually on a mandatory basis. Read more here.