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Philippine President Marcos' 2026 State of the Nation Address includes plans to amend EPIRA to remove system loss charge, expand power generation by up to 10,000 MW from renewables, develop indigenous oil-gas, and affirm nuclear energy.
Aligning Capital with Philippine Power Sector Overhaul
Amending the Electric Power Industry Reform Act to strip out system loss charges requires legislative action that will immediately pressure distribution utilities. While targeted expansions of up to 10,000 megawatts in renewables alongside nuclear and indigenous oil and gas development demonstrate ambitious supply goals, moving from policy speeches to operational assets requires synchronized regulatory approvals.
The main friction point in this transition is execution sequencing. Disallowing system loss cost recovery forces utilities to absorb operational inefficiencies unless grid infrastructure upgrades keep pace. Meanwhile, absorbing substantial renewable volumes alongside long-lead nuclear projects demands explicit off-take mechanisms and streamlined permitting. Investors should closely track the legislative drafting of the reform bill to gauge how cost risks are reallocated across the power value chain.
Boardrooms evaluating power generation assets must stress-test project returns against potential grid congestion delays rather than pricing in top-down capacity targets.