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electricity bills

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on electricity bills.

  1. THE Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corporation operates the country’s largest coal mine on Semirara Island, Antique, under Operating Contract No. 5, which is set to expire on 14 July 2027.

    Semirara coal supply at risk by July 2027

    The Department of Energy is being urged to resolve the contested requirements pertaining to the bidding of the mine being operated by Semirara Mining and Power…

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  3. VICE President Sara Duterte

    VP warns higher power bills amid El Niño scare

    Vice President Sara Duterte warns of higher electricity bills amid El Niño, questions the Marcos administration’s nuclear energy policies and calls for public…

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  4. Gov’t drops system loss VAT

    Gov’t drops system loss VAT

    The tax didn’t fix the thing it made more expensive. Why are we so much better at collecting for stolen electricity than stopping it from being stolen?

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  5. BIR removes vat from system loss charge

    BIR removes vat from system loss charge

    ‘For consumers, the practical effect is straightforward: Once the new rules become effective, VAT will no longer be imposed on the allowable system loss…

    2 MIN READ

  7. THE system loss charge covers electricity that is lost as power moves through transmission and distribution networks.

    BIR moves to scrap VAT on system loss charge

    Electricity consumers could see lower power bills as the BIR moves to remove VAT from allowable system loss charges classified as government-mandated…

    2 MIN READ

  8. IF an Energy Regulatory Commission resolution declaring the System Loss Charge as a government-mandated pass-through cost that should not form part of the gross receipts of generation companies, the NGCP and DUs, for purposes of the 12 percent VAT under the National Internal Revenue Code gets the nod of the BIR, the VAT on the system loss charge will be scrapped, giving immediate and direct relief to electricity users nationwide.

    ERC ruling puts system loss outside VAT net

    An ERC-issued resolution declares allowable system loss charge an inherent government-mandated pass-through cost that does not form part of the gross sales of…

    2 MIN READ

  12. MERALCO customers will save nearly a peso per kilowatt hour on their electric bills this month from generation and distribution cuts.

    Meralco announces cut for August bills

    Meralco said they are hoping that the downward adjustment will bring relief to Meralco customers, especially with the lower overall demand observed in the…

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