May 15, 2017

NREB mulls subsidy scheme for ‘stranded’ solar capacity

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 12, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Beyond the regime of feed-in-tariff (FIT) system for emerging renewable energy technologies, the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) asserted that it will be sorting out a new subsidy scheme […]
May 15, 2017

Tax issues make retail electricity costly

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 7, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Several unresolved tax issues of the power industry have been dumping add-on costs to the supposedly competitive retail segment of the restructured electricity sector, making it a […]
May 11, 2017

Meralco customers to get refund in June

By Lenie Lectura – May 10, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said on Wednesday it would most likely implement next month an impending regulatory order on its application to refund consumers nearly P7 billion worth of […]
May 4, 2017

Good news: Expect P0.75/kWh cut in electricity bills in next 3 months

By Myrna M. Velasco – May 3, 2017, 5:32 PM  from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to refund P6.927 billion worth of estimated over-recoveries in the past three years – […]