July 29, 2021

ECs told to pay overdue power bills

BY BIANCA CUARESMA – JULY 28, 2021 from Business Mirror The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) has issued final warnings to two electric cooperatives (ECs) and a private corporation to compel them to pay over P15.01 billion […]
July 28, 2021

Sitio electrification falls short of target due to budget lack

By Myrna M. Velasco – July 27, 2021, 3:22 PM from Manila Bulletin The goal of the Duterte administration to complete electrification of all sitios within the service domain of the electric cooperatives (ECs) would fall short of target because […]
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 20, 2021

Co-ops: Supply issues caused higher power prices

By Angelica Y. Yang – July 18, 2021 | 7:59 pm from Business World   THE PHILIPPINE Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc. (Philreca) said that electricity rates rose in June due to supply issues and not the failure of electric […]