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ERC suspends WESM trading; modified rules set for April 1

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the temporary suspension of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao effective Thursday,...

Meralco warns of higher power rate in February

Power retailer Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said Friday electricity rates for February 2026 may increase, based on preliminary data from suppliers that point to...

Meralco announces lower January electricity rates

Manila Electric Co. announced Monday a reduction in electricity rates of P0.1637 per kilowatt-hour for January bills, marking the second consecutive month of price...

POWER MONITORING.

The real-time operations team of the Independent Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) monitors the supply and demand scenario at the Wholesale Electricity Spot...

Spot power prices rose in December amid higher supply

System-wide average electricity spot market prices rose to P4.38 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in December 2025 from P3.98 per kWh in the previous month, according...

MORE Power cuts December rates on lower demand

MORE Electric and Power Corp announced a reduction in its electricity rates for December by P0.5081 per kilowatt hour (kWh) from the previous month. The...

ERC raises secondary wholesale power price cap to P7.423 per kWh

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has raised the secondary price cap (SPC) in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to P7.423 per kilowatt-hour (kWh)...

WESM price drops to P3.98/kWh in November

System-wide average price at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) declined by P0.56 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in November to P3.98 per kWh from P4.54...

Consumers avoided P40 billion in power costs due to renewable energy plants

Power consumers saved an aggregate net P40 billion in electricity costs between 2014 and 2020 because must-dispatch feed-in tariff (FIT) plants displaced expensive conventional...

Meralco warns of higher November power rates on weaker peso

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the Philippines’ largest power retailer, signaled that higher electricity rates are likely for November bills on rising pass-through charges, led...

ERC sets market fee for electricity spot market operators

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved a total market fee of P0.0071 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), or equivalent to P3.3 billion, for the Independent...

Weaker peso led to higher October power generation rates

Power retailer Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) on Monday announced an increase of P0.2331 per kilowatt-hour for October 2025 on the back of higher generation...

Power spot market rates to stay below P4 for per kWh

The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP), operator of the nation’s electricity spot market, expects average rates across the three grids to...

Nethercott joins Razon’s Primelectric

Richard Nethercott, the former president and chief executive of the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP), has joined billionaire Enrique Razon Jr.’s...
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