The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) cleared Negros Electric Power Corp. of a reported breach of the allowable system loss limit after admitting it had wrongly labeled the company as noncompliant.
In a statement, ERC clarified that Negros Power only secured its franchise recently following its deal with the rural electric cooperative.
Negros Power, a joint venture company between Primelectric Holdings Inc. and Central Negros Electric Cooperative, serves over 220,000 active accounts across Bacolod, Bago, Talisay, Silay, Murcia, and Don Salvador Benedicto.
Because the transition period under its legislative franchise covers five years of operation, Negros Power still has leeway to exceed the 5.5 percent cap set for private utilities.
‘NEPC’s applicable cap for 2025 is therefore 8.50 percent (interim), not 5.50 percent,’ the ERC said
‘Against this interim cap, NEPC’s reported 2025 feeder loss of 7.5 percent is within, not in excess of, its applicable cap,’ the commission added.
ERC’s statement came after it presented at last week’s Senate committee on energy hearing, listing Negros Power among the distribution utilities that exceeded their feeder loss cap in 2025, with a feeder loss of 7.5 percent.
The government now targets to scrap system loss charges from consumers’ power bills