ERC ISSUES COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES TO SIXTEEN (16) GENERATION FACILITIES OF NPC

by Ramil C. Lucero

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has recently approved the renewal of the Certificates of Compliance (COCs) of the following 16 generation facilities located at different missionary areas in Western Mindanao under Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG) for a period of five (5) years :
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SPUG REPORTS CAPACITY AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 2011

In a report, which it recently submitted to the NPC Corporate Communications group, SPUG reported the projects, which it completed in 2011. The undertakings were primarily on the installation of additional capacities in existing power plants, construction of new power plants in new areas and the completion of transmission lines and substation projects in Occidental Mindoro.... read more

DOE ISSUES 2012 MEDP

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued this month its 2012 - 2016 Missionary Electrification Development Plan (2012 MEDP). According to the DOE, the 2012 MEDP "will be the blueprint on which missionary electrification policy actions in the next five years will be based and will evolve as necessitated by circumstances. read more

SPUG FILES TRUE-UP PETITION TO RECOVER UCME SHORTFALLS FOR CY 2010

On 23 March 2012, the National Power's SPUG filed - under the True-up mechanism - its petition with the ERC to recover shortfalls in the amount of PhP 4,154,848.32 or 0.0649 PhP/kWh from the UCME for 2010. In its petition under ERC Case No. 2012-046 RC, SPUG alleged that the UCME subsidy received for CY 2010 did not sufficiently cover its expenses considering that the aggregate revenues from the sales in the missionary areas.... read more

THE NEW NPC MISSION AND VISION

President Froilan A. Tampinco unveiled the New NPC Mission and Vision statement during the 05 March 2012 flag-raising ceremony at the NPC Head Office. The NPC Mission-Vision was reformulated to match its re-focused mandate to perform Missionary Electrification in support of social progress and nation building ; and as the steward of watershed areas that host hydro electric power plants.

SPUG COMMISSIONS SIX (6) OFF-GRID PROJECTS

by Ramil C. Lucero

Another significant milestone for SPUG was achieved. True to its mandate, NPC-SPUG has proven its role as the purveyor of change and "prince of light". The directive to energize the "frontier" portion of the nation is not at all sound and fury signifying nothing. When NPC promises; it delivers. With SPUG, the saying that promises are made to be broken finds no application..... read more

OFF-GRID AREAS SET TO RECEIVE 3,000 SOLAR-POWERED LIGHTS

by Emilia Narni J. David

BATTERY FIRM Energizer Philippines, Inc. will provide 3,000 solar-powered light bulbs and lanterns to areas that have no access to electricity. The company partnered with the One Million Lights Foundation to provide solar-powered lighting to Rizal, Oriental Mindoro, Catanduanes, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Kalinga and Apayao. Our advocacy is to help light... read more

ENGR. DANILO S. SEDILLA REASSIGNED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF SPUG

by Romeo G. Francisco, Jr.

Per Office Order no. 2012-160, Engr. Danilo S. Sedilla takes over as Small Power Utilities Group Vice President effective March 1, 2012. Engr. Sedilla takes over from Engr. Glicerio S. Alpajora who was the Officer in Charge of SPUG from February 1, 2011 to February 29, 2012. Mr. Alpajora returns to his duties as the Department Manager of SPUG's Luzon Operations... read more

by Katherine D. S. Yambao

On December 02, 2011, the National Power Corporation - Small Power Utilities Group (NPC-SPUG) filed an application for the approval of 7th Generation Rate Adjustment Mechanism (7th GRAM) and for the recovery of the Incremental Costs on Foreign Currency Exchange Rate fluctuations under the Incremental Currency Exchange Rate Adjustment (7th ICERA), with prayer for provisional authority... read more

Early this year, the Tablas Island Electric Cooperative, Inc. (TIELCO) notified the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the National Power Corporation (NPC) that it was undertaking the Competitive Selection Process (CSP) for a New Power Provider (NPP). The centerpiece of the undertaking.. read more