September 3, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Extra Filipino households can now faucet into renewable energy because the Power Regulatory Fee (ERC) rolls out amended guidelines enabling the net-metering program.
In a decision, the ERC unveiled essential amendments designed to fast-track this system’s implementation and unlock simpler entry to renewable vitality (RE) for certified end-users.
One of many key amendments to the principles allows customers to save lots of and carry over their net-metering credit throughout present and future billing intervals.
If the end-users’ property, together with their RE facility, is offered, the credit might now be transferred to the brand new proprietor, supplied sure situations are met, corresponding to a written settlement from the unique proprietor.
The online-metering program permits customers to construct their very own RE amenities for private use and promote any extra electrical energy to the grid. In consequence, they may obtain credit to offset their energy payments.
Below the amended guidelines, putting in renewable vitality certificates (REC) meters is now “voluntary,” providing higher flexibility for net-metering
candidates.
“In case of waiver of the set up of stated REC meter, vitality generated from the RE useful resource shall be computed utilizing the suitable components supplied below the principles, topic to the submission of an affidavit and waiver,” the ERC famous.
The REC meter, as outlined by the ERC, is a kilowatt-hour meter that “measures the gross electrical energy technology from the eligible RE system.”
As decided by the fee, RECs are presently capped at a worth of P241.56 per megawatt-hour.
To advertise higher transparency, the ERC requires all distribution utilities to publish detailed details about their net-metering applications on their web sites, together with software varieties and procedures.
Earlier, the ERC and the Division of Power (DOE) teamed up with energy big Manila Electrical Co. to expedite the processing of net-metering purposes.
As of end-Could, 17,175 electrical energy end-users have been registered below the net-metering program, newest DOE knowledge confirmed.
