A TOTAL of 744 customers have switched to sourcing their power supply from distribution utilities to retail electricity suppliers (RES) after rules on retail competition and open access (RCOA) came into effect, officials of the central registry of retail power users said. However, the number of switching customers may well ease as the same rules…
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Power producers ‘concerned’ by SC TRO on retail competition
INDEPENDENT power generation companies on Monday expressed their concern over the move by the Supreme Court (SC) to block the rules to implement the energy sector’s rules on retail competition and open access (RCOA). In a statement, the Philippine Independent Power Producers Association (PIPPA) said it “notes with concern” the high court’s temporary restraining order…
ERC seeks to settle row with Meralco over retail power supply scheme
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has talked to Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to try to settle their differing views on the rules covering retail competition and open access (RCOA), some parts of which are on hold after the distribution utility sought and obtained a court injunction. An ERC official said the initial talks did not result…
Monsada: RCOA rules must be harmonised
The draft retail competition and open access (RCOA) rules can still be made clearer, while conflicting provisions in the separate issuances of the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) need to be harmonised. This was the assessment of Energy Secretary Zenaida Y. Monsada, who said that officials of the DoE and the ERC…
11 firms shift to renewables under RCOA
Twelve large electricity end-users in Central Luzon are shifting to renewables under the retail competition and open access (RCOA) scheme through the AboitizPower Group within the first half of 2016. Aboitiz Power Corp., through its subsidiary AdventEnergy, welcomed 11 new customers from Central Luzon, namely, Yokohama, HLD Steel Pipes, Amertron, Multi-tek, Kodec Precision, Nidec Subic…
Meralco gets TRO vs. new RCOA rules
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has secured court approval for its request to stop new RCOA rules which it claimed are not in accordance with Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) and its implementing rules and regulations. In an order dated June 13, Pasig Regional Trial Court – Branch 157 presiding…
ERC seeks to dismiss Meralco TRO vs. RCOA rules
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has asked the Regional Trial Court in Pasig City to dismiss the petition of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), which is seeking for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and/or writ of preliminary injunction in connection with its three resolutions on the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA). Read more here.
FPI: RCOA rules detrimental to industries
The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) has expressed apprehension over the new rules of the Energy Regulatory Commission that limit the choice of customers to select their power supplier by disallowing distribution utilities and other industry players from taking part in the retail electricity service (RES) market and imposing market share caps on all RES suppliers….
PEMC receives 20 contestable market applications
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…
ERC releases RES list
THE ERC has listed a total of 1,266 electricity end users that qualify as “contestable customers” or those who can choose to contract their electricity supply with any licensed retail electricity suppliers (RES). Read more here.
NGCP: RCOA has no adverse impact on us
THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has downplayed the impact of the rules on retail competition and open access (RCOA), saying the grid operator has long opened the country’s transmission system to electricity suppliers. Read more here.
Meralco seeks to invalidate RCOA resolutions
Meralco has asked the courts to rule whether the rules issued by ERC to implement retail competition and open access (RCOA) in the Philippine electric power industry is valid. The country’s largest distribution utility was referring to the “contradiction” of the ERC resolutions and a DOE circular with Republic Act No. 9136, or the Electric Power Industry Reform…
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