advisories & notices

Advisories & Notices

Call for Comments to the Proposed General Amendments to various WESM Manuals on the option to use the Final Metered Quantity (MQ) data as the basis for the Final Bilateral Contract Quantity (BCQ) of a Fully-contracted Generation Company (ORCP

Tue, 26 Aug 2025

The Rules Change Committee (RCC) is inviting all WESM Members and interested parties to submit comments to the Proposed General Amendments to various WESM Manuals specifically on the option to use the Final Metered Quantity (MQ) data as the basis for the Final Bilateral Contract Quantity (BCQ) of a Fully-contracted Generation Company (ORCP-WM-25-04). The proponent is Jobin-SQM, Inc., a Direct WESM Member – Generation Company, and the owner and operator of Sta. Rita SPP and Subic New PV PPP.

The proposed amendments intend to address the incidental WESM transactions (and corresponding tax-related transactions) and Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) issuance of a fully-contracted Generation Company arising from discrepancies between daily MQ and final MQ.

The WESM documents for amendment are the WESM Manuals on:

Registration, Suspension and De-Registration Criteria and Procedures, Issue No. 18.0; and
Billing and Settlement, Issue No. 15.0.

DOCUMENTS:

Provided below are relevant materials for your reference:

Overview, Discussion Paper, and Matrix of Proposed Amendments
Presentation of the Proposed Amendment and Illustration regarding the abovementioned incidental WESM transactions and REC issuance
RCC Form3_Matrix of Proposed Amendments for Comments - Annexes of this document (Please write your comments in the proper columns in the matrix.)

Kindly submit your comments (in Word format) through the File a Submission webpage no later than 07 October 2025 or 30 working days from the date of publication (26 August 2025). We recommend using Firefox browser for submitting your comments.

Please input in the proper field the e-mail address of your point person(s) whom we could contact regarding activities related to the processing of the proposal. All comments received shall be published in the PEMC website.

Thank you!

For the Rules Change Committee.

Rules Review Division
Market Assessment Group
Philippine Electricity Market Corporation
+632 8631 8734 | mag_rrd@wesm.ph | www.wesm.ph
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