October 31, 2020

‘No disconnection’ policy to save consumers from ‘Christmas brownouts’

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 30, 2020, 1:29 PM from Manila Bulletin Filipino consumers will be spared from worrying over electricity service interruptions or brownouts during the Christmas holidays, as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) formalized its order of […]
October 30, 2020

ERC extending till year-end no-disconnection policy

By Lenie Lectura – October 30, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) ordered distribution utilities (DUs) on Thursday to observe a no-disconnection policy  until end-2020 for the  nonpaying customers whose monthly consumption is less than 200 kilowatt hour […]
October 30, 2020

Gov’t urged to address grid integration, food competition vs RE installations

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 29, 2020, 3:33 PM from Manila Bulletin The Department of Energy (DOE) has openly declared its ‘preferential treatment’ for renewable energy (RE) projects, but the government’s attention is also being called on managing concerns […]
October 29, 2020

Meralco Customers Getting Hammered by Sweetheart Charging of Power from Partners EGAT of Thailand and San Miguel.

Part 2 David Celestra Tan, MSK 29 October 2020 Meralco’s franchise as our electric service provider requires that they supply us power in the least cost manner. This means the power generation charge that they will pass on to us […]