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Inefficient electricity services and high power costs are the biggest disincentives to investment, worsened by highly politicized supply distributors outside…
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Inefficient electricity services and high power costs are the biggest disincentives to investment, worsened by highly politicized supply distributors outside…
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The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has anticipated the energy needs of locators operating factories inside its economic zones and has tapped power…
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They argued that the analogy does not hold because, unlike a retailer absorbing shrinkage, distribution utilities are shielded by law from bearing the cost…
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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is keeping the green energy charge off electricity bills until the end of the year, suspending collections for four…
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The peso weakened 3 centavos or 0.05 percent to P61.815 per US dollar on Wednesday, briefly touching a new record intraday high of P61.995 as investors reacted…
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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) ordered the suspension of the flawed collection of excessive Line Loss and Congestion Cost (LLCC) charges, bringing…
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. (PSE) reported a 19.8 percent increase in first-half net income to P608.38 million from P508.03 million a year earlier,…
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Security Bank Corp. reported P6.1 billion in net income for the first half of 2026, up 4 percent year-on-year, as stronger revenues, improved operating…
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Among electric cooperatives with the highest system losses in 2025 were the combined operations of Albay Electric Cooperative Inc. (ALECO) and Albay Power and…
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As monsoon rains continue to affect parts of the country, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is powering relief for its customers, with crews and personnel…
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Banking remained SM Investment Corp.’s largest earnings contributor, accounting for 47 percent of group net income, followed by property at 27 percent, retail…
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Pag-IBIG Fund posted a record P41.35 billion in net income in the first half of 2026, up 24 percent from the same period last year, driven by sustained…
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Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI) posted a 4 percent increase in net income to P2.21 billion in the first half of the year, as reservation sales jumped 50 percent and…
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LT Group Inc. (LTG) saw its attributable net income rise 14 percent to a record P17.03 billion in the first half of 2026, driven mainly by higher earnings from…
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The overall electricity rate has declined by P0.0428 per kilowatt-hour to P14.7833 per kWh, down from P14.8261 per kWh in July. ‘For residential customers of…
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The House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday, 10 August, approved a measure seeking to raise the annual income tax exemption threshold from P250,000 to…
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Manila Electric Company (Meralco) customers will see slightly lower electricity bills in August as a P9.5-billion regulatory refund offsets increases in…
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BAGUIO CITY — Residents and business owners in Baguio City and Benguet are voicing frustration over persistent power outages, questioning the reliability of…
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