April 14, 2023

Meralco extends rate discounts to 2.6M lifeline customers

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Apr 13, 2023 3:12 PM from Manila Bulletin At least 2.6 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will continue to receive discounts in their electric bills as mandated under Republic Act 11552 or the […]
April 14, 2023

ERC stops Meralco unit from disconnecting SunPower factory

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 13, 2023, 8:25 pm from manilastandard.net The Energy Regulatory Commission ordered Manila Electric Co.’s retail electricity arm MPower to cease and desist from disconnecting Sunpower Philippines Manufacturing Ltd. until the pending issue on […]
April 13, 2023

Meralco studying supply options following DOE advisory

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 12, 2023, 6:30 pm from manilastandard.net Manila Electric Co. is studying its supply options, with assurance that it will procure at “least cost”, after the Department of Energy imposed a moratorium on exemptions […]
April 13, 2023

ERC to modify ‘reliability index’ on plant outages

BY MYRNA M. VELASCO – Apr 12, 2023 4:15 PM from Manila Bulletin The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be revising the rules that will set reliability indices for power plant operations, primarily their permissible allowance on planned and forced […]