ERC eases rules on switching to new retail electricity suppliers
The Energy Regulatory Commission issued a new ruling allowing customers to switch between retail electricity suppliers without securing clearances from ...
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Marginalized households to continue enjoying subsidized power rates
The government's lifeline subsidy program provided an average monthly subsidy of P541 million to almost six million marginalized electricity end-users ...
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Expanded lifeline subsidy for power bills, to P800, eyed
Energy Undersecretary for Special Concerns Benito Ranque has said the government may consider expanding the lifeline subsidy to P800 per ...
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‘Scrap public listing rule on power firms’
To attract more companies to engage in the generation of electricity in the country, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged ...
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PSALM trims debt by 9.5% to P382b
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. said Wednesday it trimmed its financial obligations by 9.5 percent to P381.908 ...
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Gov’t loses P1.2b on Malaya plant
The government is losing around P1.2 billion annually from maintaining the 650-megawatt Malaya Thermal Power Plant in Pililla, Rizal, according ...
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ERC expands coverage of retail competition and open access
The Energy Regulatory Commission said Monday it issued a resolution expanding the coverage of the Retail Competition and Open Access ...
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House OKs measure granting subsidized power bills
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy has approved a bill that would give low-income consumers 10 more years of ...
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Aboitiz Power is PH biggest power supplier
Aboitiz Power Corp. captured the largest market share in the power grid, holding 21.3 percent of the 23,409-megawatt national installed ...
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NGCP welcomes ERC’s proposed system audit on transmissions
Grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines on Tuesday welcomed a proposed system audit by the Energy Regulatory Commission ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.