02/09/2025
ERC Amends Net-Metering Rules to Expand Renewable Energy Opportunities for Filipinos
1 September 2025
PASIG CITY—The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued the 2025 Amended Rules Enabling the Net-Metering Program for Renewable Energy to streamline the implementation of the program and make renewable energy (RE) adoption more accessible to Qualified End-Users (QEs).
Following a series of public consultations and careful review of stakeholders’ inputs, the ERC issued on Wednesday, 27 August 2025, Resolution No. 15, Series of 2025, introducing key amendments aimed at strengthening consumer protection and simplifying processes for availing of the program.
One of the key amendments permits the banking and rollover of Net-Metering credits toward a QE’s electricity usage across current and future billing periods. In the event of a property ownership change, the credits may be transferred to the new owner, subject to conditions such as a conforme letter from the original owner.
To further promote transparency, the ERC now mandates Distribution Utilities (DUs) to publish on their websites detailed information on their Net-Metering programs, including application forms, processes, and posting on a quarterly basis their hosting capacities on a per-distribution transformer basis.
The amendments also include a revision to Section 19 of the Rules, making the installation of Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) meters voluntary. In case of waiver of the installation of said REC meter, energy generated from the RE Resource shall be computed using the appropriate formula provided under the Rules, subject to the submission of an affidavit and waiver.
A copy of the 2025 Amended Rules Enabling the Net-Metering Program for Renewable Energy may be accessed here: https://www.erc.gov.ph/Files/Render/issuance/46093. # # #
