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EPIRA amendments urged to allow government role in power auctions [BusinessWorld]
EPIRA amendments urged to allow government role in power auctions [BusinessWorld]

EPIRA amendments urged to allow government role in power auctions [BusinessWorld]

admin2022-10-11T15:30:32+08:0009 Oct 2022|Tags: bidding, CSP, DOE, EPIRA, Gatchalian, Meralco, power industry, Raphael Lotilla|

THE power industry law needs to be amended to allow the government to play a role in power auctions, a senior legislator said. “There is a lot of fine tuning that we need for EPIRA (Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001); for example, the government should be allowed to hold a bidding process. As of now, under the CSP (Competitive Selection Process) regime, it’s Meralco (Manila Electric Co.) that seeks bids. The government should be allowed to hold a bid as well,” Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian told reporters on Friday.

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.

SONA 2022: ICSC responds to President Marcos, Jr.’s energy roadmap
SONA 2022: ICSC responds to President Marcos, Jr.’s energy roadmap

SONA 2022: ICSC responds to President Marcos, Jr.’s energy roadmap

admin2022-07-26T12:13:08+08:0026 Jul 2022|Tags: Calaca Power Plant, EPIRA, fossil fuels, fossil gas, Luzon Power Outlook, Pasaload, Pete Maniego, power outages, power outlook, profiting from the outages, RA 9136, Reactive, SONA 2022|

Reiterates calls for renewable energy push, abolition of pasa-load, reduction of power cost, and increase in power supply QUEZON CITY, 26 July 2022 – Reacting to President Marcos, Jr.’s pronouncements in his first State of the Nation Address citing cheap and reliable energy as a fundamental requirement for economic growth, ICSC Senior Policy [...]

Covid-19: Lessons for the Philippine power sector
Covid-19: Lessons for the Philippine power sector

Covid-19: Lessons for the Philippine power sector

admin2020-06-08T18:16:11+08:0008 Jun 2020|Tags: Bert Dalusung, COVID-19, EPIRA, ERC, oped, Pete Maniego, power sector, power supply agreement, Sara Ahmed, Viking Logarta|

Published in Business Mirror, 08 June 2020 DOWNLOAD PDF By Sara Jane Ahmed, Alberto Dalusung III, Jose Logarta Jr., and Pete Maniego Jr. WHEN the novel coronavirus first appeared in China late last year, nobody expected that the new disease, officially dubbed Covid-19 by the World Health Organization in February 2020, would [...]

Maniego: Open all power supply bids
Maniego: Open all power supply bids

Maniego: Open all power supply bids

Denise Fontanilla2019-11-12T13:35:45+08:0012 Nov 2019|Tags: competitive selection process, CSP, Cusi, DOE, EPIRA, Gatchalian, Meralco, Pete Maniego, power supply agreement, PSA|

Press statement by Atty. Pedro H. Maniego Jr. Senior Policy Advisor, Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities Former Chairman, National Renewable Energy Board Adviser and Former Chairman, UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation Sen. Sherwin T. Gatchalian’s call on the need for an open and transparent bidding in Meralco’s competitive selection process is totally in line with [...]