Many (most? all maybe?) state utility regulatory Commissions in the U.S. have found the need to establish and fund an office to specifically focus on and professionally represent the interests of electricity consumers as an official intervenor in electricity rate regulatory proceedings.
California has legislatively established the Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA) as a Division of [...]
The ERC, like a huge steamship powered by grants, seems to be inexorably moving toward it’s revamped tariff methodology for the electric cooperatives (ECs).
I missed the first two expository, public consultation cum workshops on this issue but attended the third one today. Although I actually liked the analytical work I saw that is being [...]
Here’s the ERC Order (pdf) on setting for Hearing a petition for Early Open Access. It includes, at least in part, the petition.
The petitioners include:
PIPPA
Meralco
VECO
Davao Light
Cepalco
San Fernando EL&P
PECO
The petitioners are asking for Interim Open Access (i.e. not according to EPIRA) in Luzon and Visayas (only, i.e. not in Mindanao), implemented according a Terms of Reference [...]