September 22, 2020

Meralco settles fine, appeals discounts for lifeline users

By Lenie Lectura – September 21, 2020 from Business Mirror The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) paid the P19-million penalty slapped by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for violating the billing advisories imposed on distribution utilities (DUs) during community quarantine from […]
September 17, 2020

PSALM selling Pampanga property to pare down

By Lenie Lectura – September 16, 2020 from Business Mirror The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) is selling its property in Pampanga for P803 million to raise funds so it could repay its debts. In a bid […]
September 15, 2020

COA rejects ERC request to audit Meralco

By Lenie Lectura – September 14, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Commission on Audit (COA) has informed the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) that it will not audit the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). “We wrote them but their response was in […]
September 14, 2020

Bantayan Island gets emergency power supply

By Lenie Lectura – September 14, 2020 from Business Mirror Isla Norte Energy Corp. (INEC), a joint venture of Vivant Energy and Gigawatt Power Corp., has provided Bantayan Island a three-megawatt (MW) power facility to temporarily address the power outage […]