Is Your Business Eligible to Choose Its Own Power Supplier?
For years, medium-sized businesses and residential clusters were “captive” customers—mandated to accept whatever rates their local utility provided. That ends on June 26, 2026. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) under Resolution No. 22, Series of 2025, approved the rollout of the lowered threshold for Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) and Retail Aggregation Program (RAP) […]
How Can Retail Electricity Suppliers (RES) Adapt to the Retail Aggregation Program (RAP) and Lowered 100kW Threshold?
With the ERC lowering the entry bar to 100kW, the pool of contestable customers is exploding. For a Retail Electricity Supplier (RES), this isn’t just an opportunity—it’s an operational hurdle. How do you manage hundreds of individual meters, complex group billing, and strict regulation adherence without your overhead spiraling out of control? Understanding the Purpose […]
The Impact of Lowering Retail Aggregation Program RAP Thresholds to 100 kW
A landmark shift is coming to the Philippine energy sector. Effective June 26, 2026, the eligibility threshold for the Retail Aggregation Program (RAP) and Retail Competition & Open Access (RCOA) will officially drop to 100 kilowatts (kW) average monthly peak demand. This move is set to empower thousands of medium-sized enterprises by giving them the […]