+ Follow EPIRA Tag
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[Title] => From energy regulation to deregulation, Part 2
[Summary] => In 2000 or one year before the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA, RA 9136), the primary energy consumption (PEC, for transportation, cooking, electricity, etc.) of these four ASEAN countries in exajoules were as follows: Indonesia 4.19, Malaysia 2.20, Philippines 1.11, Vietnam 0.77. One EJ is equivalent to 277.78 terawatt-hours of electricity.
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[Title] => From energy regulation to deregulation, Part 1
[Summary] => The Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA, RA 9136) was signed on June 8, 2001, and will turn 24 in five months. I will compare electricity production from 2001 onward in the three largest ASEAN countries by population—as of 2024, Indonesia has 283 million, the Philippines has 116 million and Vietnam has 101 million.
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[Title] => ERC: EPIRA amendments could bring down power costs
[Summary] => The proposed changes to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act could deliver the long-awaited solution to soaring electricity costs, according to the country’s power regulator.
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[Title] => Brewing dark days ahead
[Summary] => Zaldarriaga credited this “bayanihan spirit” of the ILP in abating a much serious power supply shortage problem since Meralco started it ten years ago.
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[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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[Title] => Presidential power to declare energy crisis among proposed changes to EPIRA law
[Summary] => Granting the president the power to implement temporary measures during an electric power crisis or when prices are surging formed part of the amendments pushed by the Department of Energy to Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA).
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[Title] => Wish list for EPIRA amendments bared
[Summary] => The removal of franchise renewal and the ability to generate power on its own form part of the wish list of the association of electric cooperatives operating nationwide with the upcoming amendments to Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001.
[DatePublished] => 2022-12-27 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Richmond Mercurio
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[Title] => A power insecure country
[Summary] => In a recent briefing by Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, he spoke of the country having just enough power reserves for the next six months, but only if there are no major breakdowns of power plants.
[DatePublished] => 2022-09-29 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
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[Title] => Removing IPO requirement seen to lure more power investments
[Summary] => The scrapping of the public offering requirement for generating companies is seen to lure more investors into the power industry, particularly in the renewable energy space.
[DatePublished] => 2021-06-09 00:00:00
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[Title] => Misdirection
[Summary] => When purveyors of agitprop indulge in serious misdirection of the issues, it is almost never a mistake. It is driven by a hidden agenda.
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[Title] => Government mulls return to power sector to boost reserves
[Summary] => The plan, which is still in its early stages, would have the state “build the plant, operate it as a reserve, and privatize it as we go along.”
[DatePublished] => 2021-04-27 19:12:00
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[Summary] => In 2000 or one year before the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA, RA 9136), the primary energy consumption (PEC, for transportation, cooking, electricity, etc.) of these four ASEAN countries in exajoules were as follows: Indonesia 4.19, Malaysia 2.20, Philippines 1.11, Vietnam 0.77. One EJ is equivalent to 277.78 terawatt-hours of electricity.
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[AuthorName] => Bienvenido Oplas Jr.
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[Title] => From energy regulation to deregulation, Part 1
[Summary] => The Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA, RA 9136) was signed on June 8, 2001, and will turn 24 in five months. I will compare electricity production from 2001 onward in the three largest ASEAN countries by population—as of 2024, Indonesia has 283 million, the Philippines has 116 million and Vietnam has 101 million.
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[Title] => ERC: EPIRA amendments could bring down power costs
[Summary] => The proposed changes to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act could deliver the long-awaited solution to soaring electricity costs, according to the country’s power regulator.
[DatePublished] => 2024-12-02 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Brix Lelis
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[Title] => Brewing dark days ahead
[Summary] => Zaldarriaga credited this “bayanihan spirit” of the ILP in abating a much serious power supply shortage problem since Meralco started it ten years ago.
[DatePublished] => 2024-04-19 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 136417
[Focus] => 1
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[AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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[Title] => Presidential power to declare energy crisis among proposed changes to EPIRA law
[Summary] => Granting the president the power to implement temporary measures during an electric power crisis or when prices are surging formed part of the amendments pushed by the Department of Energy to Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA).
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[Focus] => 1
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[AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
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[Title] => Wish list for EPIRA amendments bared
[Summary] => The removal of franchise renewal and the ability to generate power on its own form part of the wish list of the association of electric cooperatives operating nationwide with the upcoming amendments to Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001.
[DatePublished] => 2022-12-27 00:00:00
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[Title] => A power insecure country
[Summary] => In a recent briefing by Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, he spoke of the country having just enough power reserves for the next six months, but only if there are no major breakdowns of power plants.
[DatePublished] => 2022-09-29 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133715
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1805279
[AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
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[Title] => Removing IPO requirement seen to lure more power investments
[Summary] => The scrapping of the public offering requirement for generating companies is seen to lure more investors into the power industry, particularly in the renewable energy space.
[DatePublished] => 2021-06-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Danessa Rivera
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[URL] =>
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[Title] => Misdirection
[Summary] => When purveyors of agitprop indulge in serious misdirection of the issues, it is almost never a mistake. It is driven by a hidden agenda.
[DatePublished] => 2021-05-04 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134157
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1804783
[AuthorName] => Alex Magno
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 2094185
[Title] => Government mulls return to power sector to boost reserves
[Summary] => The plan, which is still in its early stages, would have the state “build the plant, operate it as a reserve, and privatize it as we go along.”
[DatePublished] => 2021-04-27 19:12:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1097494
[AuthorName] => Prinz Magtulis
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