THE Court of Appeals (CA) has given the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) the go signal to hear and resolve anti competitive behavior and other unfair trade and practices against power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and the subsidiaries of power firm Aboitiz Power Corp. in connection with the shutdown of the Malampaya gas facility, which affected…
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ERC, PCC to work together in power price-fixing crackdown
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is looking into a possible arrangement with the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) that will allow the two agencies to work together in a crackdown on anti-competitive behavior across the energy sector, an official said. The issue over the two agencies’ jurisdiction came up amid allegations that power generation companies breached…
ERC may continue probe till next year of 12 gencos that raised power rates in Dec. 2013
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) may not finish this year the probe involving 12 generation companies (gencos) found to have engaged in anticompetitive behavior that led to record-high increases in power rates in December 2013. “Mahihirapan siguro,” ERC Commissioner Alfredo Non said. “We can start the hearings in October. The decision, however, I don’t know…
ERC, PCC team up in probe of anti-competitive gencos
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) have teamed up to investigate alleged anti-competitive practices of generation companies (gencos) in light of the recent power shortage in Luzon. ERC chairman and CEO Jose Vicente B. Salazar said both agencies would formalize the partnership soon to define specific roles in the investigation….
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