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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced that nearly 1,000 regulatory processes were approved and issued during the first quarter of 2025.
In a statement, the ERC said it approved during the January-to-March period 14 power supply agreements (PSAs), 977 certificates of compliance (COCs), and provisional authorities to operate (PAOs), which helped push forward various energy developments in the country.
The regulator noted that it took them an average of 26 days to process COCs, which is faster than the 60-day timeframe under the Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS) Act. These certificates are granted to allow applicants to operate power plants and other generation facilities.
ERC Chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta stated that these processes were completed ahead of their schedule.
“In just three months, the ERC has successfully processed and issued PSAs, COCs, and PAOs way earlier than the timelines set by the EVOSS Act,” she added.
PSA approvals, which are bilateral deals between a generation company (gencos) and distribution utilities (DUs) for the purchase of power supply, were completed in 60 days, only 15 days ahead of the processing period for provisional authorities.
According to the ERC, recently approved PSAs include applications from DUs, specifically in Eastern Visayas, to address price volatilities in the market.
Within the first three months of this year, 94 self-generating facilities (SGFs), seven independent power producers (IPPs), and 868 net-metering qualified end-users (QEs) were given authority to operate.
Seventy-seven PAOs were also granted to IPPs nationwide, which make up about 5,419 megawatts (MW) of supply to the nation’s power grid.
“This is proof that the reforms are undertaking are speeding up our regulatory processes to ensure energy security through additional capacity from new grid-connected facilities, while also empowering consumers to save on electricity costs by generating their own power,” Dimalanta said.
