QuestionsQuestions (ERC Resolution NO. 20, S. 2008)
It authorizes the ERC to adopt alternative forms of internationally accepted rate-setting methodology.
It supports the ERC’s authority to adopt alternative internationally accepted rate-setting methodologies.
A performance-based rate setting methodology embodied in the “Distribution Wheeling Rates Guidelines” (DWRG).
It required that entry to PBR by private utilities under the DWRG be made mandatory.
It adopted the rules for setting distribution wheeling rates (RDWR) for privately owned distribution utilities entering performance based regulation (first entry point).
It adopted RDWR for privately owned distribution utilities entering PBR (second and later entry points).
Section 1.9 of the RDWR authorizes the Commission to amend the rules from time to time.
It posted proposed modifications online, issued a Notice of Public Consultation with a deadline for written comments, and held public consultation where stakeholders presented positions.
It was held in preparation for issuance of the Updated Rules for Setting Distribution Wheeling Rates (RDWR) for the Third Entry Group entering PBR.
It approved and adopted the Proposed Updated Rules for Setting Distribution Wheeling Rates for the Third Entry Group entering PBR for the Second Regulatory Period (annexed to the Resolution).
It shall take effect immediately following its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.
The UP Law Center–Office of the National Administrative Register (UPLC-ONAR), all DUs, TRANSCO, and NPC.
It indicates that the Proposed Updated RDWR rules for the Third Entry Group are attached as Annex “A” and are integral to the Resolution.
Interested parties were directed to file written comments/inputs not later than October 23, 2008.
08 December 2008.
It states that privately owned DUs, commercial, industrial, and residential consumers were present and given the opportunity to manifest their positions.