Market-driven power reforms find a champ
Unreliable electricity service remains a major obstacle to economic growth, particularly in the provinces.
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Unreliable electricity service remains a major obstacle to economic growth, particularly in the provinces.
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The Chamber stressed, however, that deeper reforms are urgently needed to secure affordable, reliable, and sustainable power nationwide.
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Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said it will implement a P9.5-billion refund to customers over the next six months after the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)…
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Quick research shows that Meralco loses about 5.72 percent of the electricity passing through its system, still below the government’s allowable limit of 6.5…
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Congress and government agencies must ensure that proposed reforms in the power sector result in lower electricity bills for consumers, saying Filipinos should…
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Consumers might enjoy lower electricity bills, but they will ultimately shoulder the cost as taxpayers.
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Filipinos have every right to be angry that they’re being billed for electricity siphoned off by illegal connections their utility failed to police.
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Power firms will not go bankrupt if the government pushes measures to scrap the non-technical system loss in electricity bills, as it accounts for only 1.5…
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Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco has refiled a bill seeking to remove the system loss charge from consumers’ monthly electricity bills following President Ferdinand…
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The country's power market operator and independent energy think tank have launched a three-year research alliance to strengthen evidence-based policymaking…
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Aboitiz Power Corp. delivered a sharp jump in first-half earnings as stronger electricity prices and the ramp-up of new renewable energy projects fueled record…
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Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) expects pressure on electricity prices to persist as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continue to roil global fuel…
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Consumers could see lower electricity bills if Congress approves President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s proposal to remove system loss charges, with the Energy…
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Two bills were filed in the Senate on Tuesday seeking to scrap system loss charges and the value-added tax (VAT) on consumers’ electricity bills, in what could…
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The country’s largest power generation companies are lining up for Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) 600-megawatt (MW) supply contract, setting up a bidding…
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A year after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed to overhaul the country’s troubled power sector, cranes, solar farms and battery storage systems are…
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The two-decade-old Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) will be up for a Senate review and a possible overhaul as it failed to deliver its promise of…
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