All the necessary measures will be taken to uphold the recent decision of the Supreme Court (SC) requiring all power supply deals to undergo competitive bidding, the Department of Energy (DoE) said on Friday.

ENERGY Secretary Alfonso Cusi revealed he is now compelling distribution utilities (DUs) including the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to conduct a competitive selection process (CSP) in power supply agreements (PSAs) affected by the SC ruling.

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