Populist promise, unfunded mandate
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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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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Serums are no longer just that mysterious tiny bottle sitting on your shelf that you hope works. They are one of the most targeted steps in a skincare routine,…
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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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The Department of Education (DepEd) has begun preparations for the implementation of the newly enacted Last Mile and Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged…
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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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At least 350 passenger flights departing and arriving from Hong Kong had been canceled on Sunday.
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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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Sen. Loren Legarda on Friday welcomed the signing of Republic Act No. 12321, or the Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) Schools Act,…
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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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Electricity pricing systems designed decades ago are no longer keeping pace with today’s increasingly digital power grids, according to a new research…
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Filipino households paid the highest electricity prices in Southeast Asia in June, with consumers served by the Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative bearing the…
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