June 30, 2020

Meralco: Electricity demand picking up in franchise area

By Lenie Lectura – June 30, 2020 from Business Mirror Electricity demand in the franchise area of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) during the second quarter peaked at 7,000 megawatts (MW), slightly lower than what the utility firm recorded in […]
June 30, 2020

Meralco mulls service disconnections by Sept.

By Myrna M. Velasco – June 29, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is targeting to issue service disconnection notices to customers with unpaid bills by September, although company executives indicated that payment […]
June 26, 2020

Duterte alarmed by high power rates; ERC to probe consumers’ ‘bill shock’

By Argyll Geducos – Updated June 25, 2020, 6:08 PM from Manila Bulletin Malacañang said President Duterte was alarmed by “bill shock” experienced by consumers of Meralco following the period of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), particularly in Metro Manila. […]
June 17, 2020

NGCP, power distributors asked to update capex plans

By Adam J. Ang – June 16, 2020 | 8:30 pm from Business World BW FILE PHOTO THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) directed all power utilities and the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to update their capital expenditure […]