News and Updates
Philippines to strengthen carbon market readiness, Article 6 implementation
MANDALUYONG CITY, PHILIPPINES, 23 September 2026 – As the Philippines advances its carbon market development and strengthens its climate policy framework, national government agencies, private sector, civil society organizations, and international organizations convened for a country workshop on carbon pricing in Mandaluyong City on 18 September 2026. The workshop [...]
ICSC: Distributed energy and battery storage can solve the Visayas grid crisis
Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities ANALYSIS The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) is calling for a more diversified, decentralized, and flexible power system, as the twin issues of persistent grid alerts and high Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) prices—fueled by forced outages across major coal [...]
Revised outage limits raise concerns on power system reliability in Visayas and Mindanao
QUEZON CITY, 10 September 2026 — Filipino consumers are facing mounting pressure for a more dependable power system as recurring grid alerts expose vulnerabilities in the country’s electricity supply, with the Visayas alone recording 123 yellow and red alerts since January—underscoring the need for policy and system-level measures to [...]
Paranas communities help shape municipality’s 15-year RE roadmap
The Municipality of Paranas in Samar is moving forward in developing its 15-year renewable energy (RE) roadmap, bringing together communities, government offices, civil society groups, the academe, and energy stakeholders to help shape the municipality’s energy future. On August 24, stakeholders gathered at Kirigtaan Hall in Paranas for the [...]
Renewable energy delivers nearly twice the FIT-ALL rate in lower electricity costs
QUEZON CITY, 26 August 2026 –– Renewable energy projects supported through the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) mechanism have reduced electricity bills by Php 0.3916/kWh* across 2024-2025, almost twice the recently elevated FIT Allowance (FIT-All) rate of Php 0.2073/kWh, according to a new analysis by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities [...]
