Expertise in the Power Industry

The legal aspects of the Philippine electric power industry are highly specialized and multifaceted, and necessarily intertwined with highly technical issues and complex commercial concerns. Effective legal services require an in-depth and holistic understanding of the various legal, technical, and commercial aspects of the industry.

Lachica Madanlo (LM Law, formerly Lachica & Associates) has a high level of expertise and experience in the various sectors of the industry, grounded on close involvement in numerous projects at all stages from project development and tariff setting to commercial operations.

LM Law provides comprehensive, customized and timely legal advice to clients in the industry, not only to ensure effective risk management, but also to optimize potentials and opportunities. LM Law constantly monitors trends and developments, allowing for a robust and dynamic understanding of the complexities of the industry, through the varying perspectives of the different industry participants.

Power Generation

  • Project development
  • Engineering, procurement and construction contracts
  • Permits and licenses
  • Regulatory approvals
  • Power supply agreements
  • Power rate structuring, analysis and justifications
  • Biddings for power supply
  • Operations and maintenance contracts
  • Spot market participation
  • Off-grid electrification and microgrids
  • Renewable energy
  • Feed-in-Tariff/Green Energy Auction systems
  • Renewable energy service contracts
  • Biddings for generation assets
  • Distributed energy resources

Transmission & Distribution

  • Connection configuration and approvals
  • Regulatory approval for distribution system capital expenditures
  • Conduct of bidding for power supply
  • Distribution and transmission asset reclassification
  • Transmission service agreements
  • Regulatory approval for transmission system capital expenditures
  • Ancillary services procurement agreements

Supply  & Other Services

  • Power industry regulations and policy
  • Project finance
  • Retail electricity supply
  • Marketing strategy
  • Dispute resolution and litigation
  • Direct customer connections
  • Prepaid retail electricity service