MANILA, Philippines — The Energy Regulatory Commission is working on a solution to fully implement retail competition and open access (RCOA), which was blocked by a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court. ERC has come up with studies on how to move forward with the RCOA issue, ERC chairperson Agnes Devanadera said. In February 2017, the High Court stopped the Department of Energy (DOE) and ERC from implementing the mandatory migration of large power consumers to RCOA. The mandatory migration to RCOA of end-users with at least one-MW usage was scheduled on Feb. 26, 2017, while customers with at least 750 kilowatts (kw) in demand was supposed to migrate June 26. Currently, there are 30 licensed retail electricity suppliers (RES) in the market, of which seven have already expired licenses.

Source: Philippine Star May 13, 2019 21:02 UTC