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# ACEN and LUECO receive provisional authority for La Union power-supply agreement
- URL: https://www.southeastasiaconnect.com/acen-lueco-provisional-authority-la-union-power-supply/
- Published: 2026-09-28T12:57:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-28T12:57:42.000Z
- Author: Lars Voedisch
- Tags: News

[ACEN](https://www.acenrenewables.com/?ref=southeastasiaconnect.com) and La Union Electric Co. (LUECO) have reportedly received provisional authority from the Energy Regulatory Commission to implement a 10-year power-supply agreement, pending the regulator’s final resolution of their joint application.

As reported across multiple media outlets, the arrangement covers between 46MW and 97MW of capacity over its term. The first-year requirement is reported at roughly 46.23MW to 62.42MW, rising to 64.39MW to 97.38MW by year 10\. Those ranges describe the agreement’s reported supply requirement; they do not prove physical generation or customer delivery has begun at every point in that range.

The key distinction is regulatory stage. Provisional authority allows implementation while the underlying joint application remains subject to a final ERC resolution. It is therefore stronger than a notice of application, but it is not the same as a final approval of all agreement terms. The reporting also says the authority was considered in the context of the expiration of LUECO’s emergency supply arrangement on 25 September and the risk of exposure to Wholesale Electricity Spot Market volatility.

For La Union, the development concerns continuity of a distribution utility’s power procurement. LUECO serves 21 municipalities and one city in La Union, plus one municipality in Pangasinan, according to the reports. The commercial and operational consequence still needs to be read narrowly: the media accounts do not establish actual electricity delivered under the new agreement, final tariff outcomes, the exact generation mix at every hour or completed customer-level benefits.

For ACEN, the reported provisional authority marks an actionable regulatory and contractual milestone in Philippine power supply. It does not by itself evidence new renewable capacity, a new plant commissioning or an increase in delivered renewable electricity. The next proof point is an ERC final resolution and evidence of supply under the agreement.

**Source:** As reported across multiple media outlets.