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NO BASIS FOR PETITION: ERC rejects rate hike sought by Meralco, SMC power subsidiaries [Inquirer]
NO BASIS FOR PETITION: ERC rejects rate hike sought by Meralco, SMC power subsidiaries [Inquirer]

NO BASIS FOR PETITION: ERC rejects rate hike sought by Meralco, SMC power subsidiaries [Inquirer]

admin2022-10-11T15:41:16+08:0005 Oct 2022|Tags: electricity rates, EPIRA, ERC, Gerry Arances, Meralco, power 4 people, San Miguel Corporation, SMC|

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has denied the joint petition of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and listed conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) for higher power rates. Meralco and electricity suppliers South Premiere Power Corp. (SPPC) and San Miguel Energy Corp. (SMEC), both owned by SMC, earlier filed the petition as a temporary relief measure to cushion the impact of skyrocketing coal and fuel prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine war.

PHL urged to decentralize power generation with more solar plants [BusinessWorld]
PHL urged to decentralize power generation with more solar plants [BusinessWorld]

PHL urged to decentralize power generation with more solar plants [BusinessWorld]

admin2022-09-12T21:35:07+08:0011 Sep 2022|Tags: electricity rates, grid modernization, Pedro Maniego Jr., Raphael Lotilla, RE, renewable energy, Solar Energy, wind|

THE Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) said the Philippines needs to move towards more “distributed” power generation, which would involve the construction of more solar generation facilities while abandoning the current model of centralized baseload power, currently dominated by coal-fired plants. In an e-mail interview on Sept. 9, Pedro H. Maniego, senior policy advisor of ICSC, a climate and energy policy group, said that the dependence on coal renders the Philippines vulnerable to volatile international energy prices, and put forward solar as an alternative.

Solar power lightens load for Filipinos
Solar power lightens load for Filipinos

Solar power lightens load for Filipinos

admin2022-06-21T11:38:49+08:0018 Jun 2022|Tags: 350 Pilipinas, Alberto Dalusung III, Cagayan de Oro City, China Daily, electricity rates, GenWatt, IEEFA, Nazrin Castro, NGCP, NREP, Philippine energy shift, Prime Sarmiento, renewable energy, The Climate Reality Project Philippines, Wendell Adrian Tamayo|

by Prime Sarmiento | June 17, 2022 | Published by China Daily | READ THE STORY HERE Analysts look to Beijing cooperation in Philippines' low-carbon transition It was his eye-popping electricity bill that pushed Filipino entrepreneur Wendell Adrian Tamayo to look for a cheaper source of energy. Tamayo dug up a research paper on [...]

DOE, ICSC: RE, not baseload coal, will best address PHL energy needs
DOE, ICSC: RE, not baseload coal, will best address PHL energy needs

DOE, ICSC: RE, not baseload coal, will best address PHL energy needs

admin2022-04-07T17:20:55+08:0006 Apr 2022|Tags: Bert Dalusung, CASE, electricity rates, fuel prices, Meralco Power Academy, Mylene Capongcol, NREP, Press Release, TARGET, Ukraine War, VRE, WESM|

MANILA, 06 April 2022 – The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Manila-based policy group Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) reiterated today that renewable energy sources – through flexible, distributed generation – best suit the power generation needs of the Philippines. “Renewable energy can definitely compete with coal. In the renewable space, you only [...]