July 27, 2021

Meralco earnings up in H1 as power demand rebounds

BY LENIE LECTURA – JULY 26, 2021 from Business Mirror IMPROVING demand for power has allowed Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to post a net income of P9.9 billion and a core profit of P11.4 billion in the first half. In […]
July 27, 2021

MORE Power, PSALM forge electricity supply agreement

BY LENIE LECTURA – JULY 26, 2021 from Business Mirror Razon-led MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE) has signed a power supply deal with state-owned Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM). “We have a bilateral contract with PSALM. […]
July 26, 2021

Meralco: More priority sites now have access to electricity

BY LENIE LECTURA – JULY 26, 2021 from Business Mirror The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s largest electricity distribution utility, has achieved its target of electrifying 536 priority sites as of June this year. From only 492 priority sites […]
July 26, 2021

The Philippine Power Sector and Consumers 20 years After the Epira Law of 2001 (Part 1 of 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 22 July 2021 Part 1 When the promoters of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) were pushing for the passage of the law privatizing and deregulating the power industry in the years 1998 to 2001, […]