April 16, 2020

Solon: Allow staggered payment of electricity bill

By Lenie Lectura -April 15, 2020 from Business Mirror A lawmaker on Wednesday pushed for staggered payments of electricity bills and for the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to waive its convenience fee of P47. Senate Energy Committee Chairman Sherwin Gatchalian […]
April 14, 2020

Meralco’s force majeure petition seen to lower power rates in May

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 13, 2020 at 08:10 pm from manilastandard.net Consumer group Laban Konsyumer Inc. said it expects lower power rates in May following the decision of Manila Electric Co. to invoke the force majeure provision […]
April 13, 2020

Group to Meralco: Waive electric bills during ECQ

By Lenie Lectura -April 13, 2020 from Business Mirror Consumer advocate Power for People Coalition (P4P) wants the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to waive electricity bills in contrast to the utility firm’s announcement of a power rate hike for April. […]
April 11, 2020

The Extension of Bill Collections of Electric Coops Injected an Unintended Virus that Need Immediate Reassessment….Or it can Put Them and Their Power Suppliers Unnecessarily in ICU.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 11 April 2020   While waiting for a COVID-19 Vaccine, the most effective interim measures are social distancing, home-in-place, sanitation, and testing. The government had done a good job, considering the limits of our resources, to […]