Renewable energy proponents may have to wait until next year for the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to come out with the tariff incentives for these projects. According to ERC executive director Francis Saturnino Juan, the feed-in-tariff (FIT) would be completed no later than February next year once the National Energy Regulatory Board (NERB) submits its [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Feed-in tariff’
ERC to Issue RE Tariff Guidelines Next Year (9/18/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Renewable energy on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Renewable energy perks pushed back to next year (9/14/2010)
Posted in Manila Times News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Renewable energy on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It may take five more months before regulators can come up with the tariff incentives for renewable energy projects, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said. Francis Saturnino Juan, ERC executive director, said the feed-in-tariff (FIT) would be completed by February next year once the National Energy Regulatory Board (NREB) submits its computations by November. “We’re [...]
ERC to serve ‘filing notice’ on renewable energy feed-in-tariff (8/07/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Feed-in tariff, NREB, Renewable energy on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Following the effectivity of the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) Rules, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is scheduled to serve notice by August 12 this year to the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) for the filing of the proposed FIT Allowance (FIT All) that will eventually be integrated as new cost component in the electricity bills. The filing, [...]
NREB struggles on feed-in-tariff for RE (8/01/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Renewable energy on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Many of the prospective renewable energy (RE) developers are already hankering to turn blueprints into shovel-ready projects, but they may need to laze around a little more as the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) has not hit the right formula yet in setting the feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT All) in a manner that makes the burden [...]
RE producers won’t be allowed windfall with proposed ‘degression’ of feed-in-tariff (7/01/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Renewable energy on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A ‘degression rate’ structure or a feed-in-tariff (FiT) system which declines over the years is being injected into the Rules by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to ensure that renewable energy (RE) producers will not be reaping windfalls to the detriment of the electricity consumers. ERC executive director Francis Saturnino Juan, in his speech at [...]
Renewable energy pricing expected to be finalized this month (7/01/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Renewable energy, Wind energy on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
THE MUCH-AWAITED pricing system, called feed-in tariff (FIT), for renewable energy is expected to be finalized and submitted for approval within the month, Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Executive Director Francis Saturnino C. Juan said via text yesterday. “The rules will hopefully be out by July. That’s still my target for presenting it to the commission [...]
RE feed-in-tariff to range from P7-P25/kWh (6/23/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Power cost, Renewable energy on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The feed-in-tariff (FiT) for various renewable energy (RE) technologies as propounded by project proponents will be steep price ranges of P7 to P25 per kilowatt hour (kWh), which will then be translated into RE charge (REC) that will be passed on via the consumers’ electricity bills. Project sponsors justified that since all end-users will be [...]
NorthPoint to invest $120M in wind farm (6/21/2010)
Posted in Inquirer News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Investments, Renewable energy, Wind energy on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wind power developer NorthPoint Wind Power Corp. plans to invest as much as $120 million (roughly P5.4 billion) to develop a wind farm in Aparri, Cagayan that can power a a 40-megawatt (MW) plant. Giovanni Macapobre, business development manager of North Wind Power Development Corp., said the amount was based on the estimated spending of [...]
Firm to delay power project (6/21/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Investments, Wind energy on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
NORTHPOINT Wind Power Corp. said it would wait for the decision of the government on the feed-in tariff before pushing through with its planned 40-megawatt (MW) wind farm project in Aparri, Cagayan. Northwind Power Development Corp. business development manager Giovanni Macapobre told reporters in a briefing that the company may push back the project next [...]
Wind energy firms cite barriers, ask gov’t to set feed-in tariffs (6/18/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Feed-in tariff, Wind energy on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
LAOAG, ILOCOS NORTE — The wind energy potential of the Philippines faces two barriers, and the government needs to define policy to unlock the potential, according to an industry group. In a statement, the Wind Energy Development Association of the Philippines (WEDAP) said that while the wind energy potential is high, there is no stable [...]
