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Understanding RCOA in the Philippines

Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) allows large electricity customers in the Philippines to choose their electricity supplier. RCOA was mandated by the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 to introduce competition in the electricity market. Contestable customers that meet a minimum electricity usage threshold can choose between licensed retail electricity suppliers. RCOA is expected to benefit customers through more competitive rates, flexible contracts, better service and innovation due to competition between electricity providers.

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Understanding RCOA in the Philippines

Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) allows large electricity customers in the Philippines to choose their electricity supplier. RCOA was mandated by the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 to introduce competition in the electricity market. Contestable customers that meet a minimum electricity usage threshold can choose between licensed retail electricity suppliers. RCOA is expected to benefit customers through more competitive rates, flexible contracts, better service and innovation due to competition between electricity providers.

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  • Cover Page
  • Road to Restructuring
  • What is RCOA?
  • Main Players in RCOA
  • RCOA Set-Up
  • RCOA Expected Outcome
  • Retail Electricity Suppliers (RES)
  • Benefits to Contestable Customers
  • List of Contestable Customers
  • RCOA Education Series

EE LAWS, CONTRACTS AND

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
RETAIL COMPETITION AND
OPEN ACCESS (RCOA)
ROAD TO RESTRUCTURING
WHAT IS RCOA?
• Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) allows
power suppliers to directly transact with any
customer designated by the ERC as part of the
contestable market. It also allows these contestable
customers to decide which electricity suppliers to
source power from. The establishment of RCOA is
mandated by the Electric Power Industry Reform
Act of 2001 (EPIRA).
WHAT IS RCOA?
WHO ARE THE MAIN PLAYERS IN
RCOA?
• Retail Electricity Suppliers (RES) or power suppliers
licensed by the ERC to sell electricity to the
contestable market.
• Contestable Customers (CC) may be a corporation or
business establishment and even households whose
average consumption during the last 12 months
reached a minimum of 500 kW.
RCOA SET-UP
RCOA EXPECTED OUTCOME
• Competitive Rates
• Entrance of new industry players
• Flexible contract terms
• Strong Competition among players
• Better Supplier service
• Innovation of additional service
RETAIL ELECTRICITY SUPPLIER (RES)
AS OF SEPTEMBER 2016
• Aboitiz Energy Solutions, Inc. • San Miguel Electric Corp.
• Advent Energy, Inc. • Team (Phils.) Energy Corp.
• Direct Power Services, Inc. • Trans-Asia Oil & Energy [Link].
• Ecozone Power Management Inc. • SN Aboitiz Power-RES, Inc.
• First Gen Energy Solutions
• Ferro Energy, Inc
• Manila Energy, Inc.
• Global Energy Supply Corporation
• Millennium Power RES Inc.
• GNPower [Link].
• FDC Retail Electricity Sales Corp.
• Kratos RES Inc. • SMC Consolidated Power Corp.
• Premier Energy Resources • Corenergy, Inc.
• PRISM Energy Inc. • AC Energy Holdings, Inc.
HOW DOES THE RCOA BENEFIT
CONSTESTABLE CURSTOMERS?
• Being part of the contestable market allows
customers to choose their own retail electricity
supplier.
• This also allows them to pick clean and
environment-friendly sources of electricity.
LIST OF CONTESTABLE CUSTOMERS

• list_contestable_customers_luzon.pdf ([Link])
• list_contestable_customers_visayas.pdf
([Link])
RCOA EDUCATION SERIES
• RCOA Episode 1 – YouTube
• RCOA Episode 2 – YouTube
• RCOA Episode 3 - YouTube
• RCOA Education Series: Retail Competition and
Open Access - YouTube

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