MANILA, Philippines – The country has switched its first two residential groups under the government’s retail competition and ...

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Energy (DOE) is mulling to give large power end-users more leeway under the retail competition and open access (RCOA) scheme by making it optional for those ...

Notes on the beat MANILA, Philippines — “Malayo pa, pero malayo na (Still a long way to go, but we’ve come a long way).” This ...

The Department of Energy (DOE) noted a “significant increase” in the number of contestable consumers eligible to choose their own suppliers under the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA). During ...

The Supreme Court’s order last week suspending the government’s implementation of policies covering retail competition and open access (RCOA) in the power industry could lead to unfair competition, ...

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) recently promulgated the Resolution expanding the coverage of the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) pursuant to its mandate to promote competition and ...

The head of an independent operator in the Philippines’ Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has urged the authorities to move full steam ahead with the government’s Retail Competition and Open ...

The current problems we are facing underscore the importance of reliable and affordable energy services, which we at Kuryente.org believe can be ushered in by the retail competition and open access ...

THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seeking to fully implement the retail competition and open access (RCOA), a scheme that allows electricity end-users to choose their power supplier, by 2023. ...