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Hontiveros, Diokno press gov’t on Meralco costs, refunds

Senator Risa Hontiveros and Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno on Tuesday urged regulators and the national government to take stronger action on electricity pricing,...

PCC: Vertical integration hampers RES competition

Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) said structural advantages held by retail electricity suppliers (RES) affiliated with power generators and barriers to customer switching are limiting...

ERC approves P90-billion NGCP Batangas-Mindoro Interconnection Project

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines' (NGCP) Batangas-Mindoro 500-kilovolt Interconnection and Backbone Project (BMIBP), which is...

ERC opposes commission expansion

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is opposing a proposal in Congress to increase the number of its commissioners from five to nine, arguing that...

ERC eases rules for public ownership of power firms

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has updated its guidelines to streamline the process for power generation companies and electric distributors to offer shares of...

PSALM secures P100-billion syndicated loan, including P60 billion from LandBank

Land Bank of the Philippines said is extending majority of a P100-billion syndicated term loan facility to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management...

Electricity spot market firm PEMC delisted as GOCC

The Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG) has excluded the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) from the coverage of Republic Act No....

Senators back energy law amendments

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said any amendment in the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) should result in lower electricity prices to benefit consumers who...

SONA 2024: Marcos seeks lower electricity rates, stable supply with key energy projects

President Marcos aims to further reduce electricity rates by expanding the nation’s power infrastructure, promising a stable, efficient, and more affordable energy supply for...

Solons seek fast approval of EPIRA law amendments

Two lawmakers and authors of a bill amending the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) called on other members of Congress to act on...

ERC pushing for use of EPIRA penalties as refunds

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is pushing for an amendment of the Republic Act No. 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA)...

MORE opens registration for lifeline power subsidy

More Electric and Power Corp. opened on-site registration in barangays to process applications of customers qualified for lifeline rate subsidy under the Electric Power...

Poe seeks probe on Visayas power crisis; Zubiri favors EPIRA rewrite

Senator Grace Poe seeks an inquiry into the power outages plaguing Panay Island for years now to identify measures that would ensure continuous supply...

Lawmaker sees a strong basis for EPIRA plan

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte said he finds a stronger argument for Congress to back President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s  plan to amend the Electric...
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