ERC issues COC to 5 more IPPs
06/25/2003

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) recently issued the Certificates of Compliance (COC) to five more Independent Power Producers (IPPs), in addition to the COC previously issued to six IPPs.

This new batch of IPPs consists of the following: (1) Magellan Cogeneration Inc. which operates 63 MW Bunker C-fired Power Plant located at Phase II, Cavite Economic Zone (CEZ), Rosario, Cavite; (2) Panay Power Corporation for the commercial operation of 74.4 MW Bunker C-Fired Power Plant located in Barangay Ingore, La Paz, Iloilo City; (3) Edison (Bataan) Cogeneration Corporation, Inc. with 58 MW Bunker C-fired Power Plant located at the Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ), Luzon Avenue, Mariveles, Bataan; (4) Bauang Private

Power Corporation (BPPC) for the commercial operation of 21 gensets with total installed capacity of 235.2 MW Bunker C-fired Power Plant located in Bo. Payucpoc Sur, Bauang, La Union; and (5) Quezon Power (Philippines), Limited Co.’s 511 MW Coal-Fired power plant located in Brgy. Cagsiay I, Mauban, Quezon.

ERC Chairman Manuel R. Sanchez said that the issuance of said COC to the IPPs is a requirement before they can start their commercial operation.

“The role of the IPPs in the power generation sector is crucial to the development of the electric industry,” Chairman Sanchez noted in the light of immediate capacity additions needed especially in the Visayas grid by next year.

Generation companies, including the IPPs are required to secure said certificate from the ERC pursuant to Republic Act No. 9136. The COC is issued upon compliance with Philippine Grid and Distribution Code (PGDC), the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) Rules, the Cross Ownership and Market Share Limitations and the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC), among other requirements.

The formal awarding of the COC to the above IPPs was held on June 27, 2003 at the ERC Office during ERC’s celebration of the second anniversary of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA).

ERC officials award the Certificate of Compliance (COC) to Wilfredo Jocson (center), commercial director of Quezon Power Philippines Limited Co., during the 2nd anniversary celebration of the EPIRA, June 27. Quezon Power is one of the six Independent Power Producers (IPPs) which the Commission recently issued the COC. With Jocson are (from left) Market Operations Service Director Edgar F. Samonte, Licensing and Market Monitoring Division Chief Mary Ann C. Diccion, Chairman Manuel R. Sanchez, Commissioners Leticia V. Ibay, Oliver B. Butalid and Carlos R. Alindada.