May 9, 2020

Meralco rates down by ₱0.2483/kwh in May billing

By Myrna M. Velasco – Updated May 8, 2020, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin As the coronavirus-linked enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) stretches into its second month, Filipino consumers can expect slight relief on their power bills as the overall rate […]
May 8, 2020

Delays in coal deliveries to trigger power rate spikes

By Myrna M. Velasco – Updated May 8, 2020, 8:23 AM from Manila Bulletin The operator of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) has sounded off that “restriction of supply” from coal plants may drive up electricity prices in the […]
May 8, 2020

3m customers of co-ops enjoy free electricity

By Alena Mae S. Flores – May 07, 2020 at 09:40 pm from manilastandard.net Some three million customers of electric cooperatives will benefit from free electricity in March and April, according to National Center of Electric Cooperative Consumers Inc. NCECCO […]
May 7, 2020

ERC orders NGCP to undertake stock offering soonest

By Myrna M. Velasco – Updated May 7, 2020, 9:01 AM from Manila Bulletin Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has been directed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to prepare and undertake its initial public offering […]