Search on for next ERC chair amid quorum lack

Several highly-placed sources are already hinting at the names of potential successors in the posts vacated at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)—including the coveted chairmanship following the submission of irrevocable resignation of outgoing ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta.

- By MYRNA M. VELASCO

An insider with close knowledge of the matter has indicated that a lawyer currently stationed at the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan is poised to step into a role at the ERC—though it is not certain if he will ascend to the chairmanship or he will be named one of the commissioners.

"One of the assigned officials in MECO will likely be named to a post at the ERC because his current position might go to former Secretary Jay Ruiz, who’s been given a new assignment after his stint with the Presidential Communications Office (PCO)," the source noted.