November 5, 2020

Typhoon Rolly’s damage to power infrastructure initially estimated at P33.5 million

By Lenie Lectura -November 5, 2020 from Business Mirror In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Red Cross, the remains of homes at a community after Typhoon Goni passes by San Andres, Catanduanes province, eastern Philippines on Monday Nov. […]
November 4, 2020

ECs deploy over 300 line workers on Bicol power restoration

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 3, 2020, 4:53 PM from Manila Bulletin In the spirit of ‘civic unity’ or bayanihan, the country’s electric cooperatives (EC) are deploying hundreds of their workers so electricity service restoration in the typhoon-crumbled provinces […]
October 27, 2020

Legislator asks power regulators to extend no-disconnection policy to end of January

By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza – October 25, 2020 | 6:34 pm from Business World PHILSTAR A SENIOR PARTY-LIST legislator asked power-industry regulators to implement an installment-payment policy on power bills until Jan. 31, instead of allowing power companies to […]
October 26, 2020

Energy committee chairman flags P2.5B in unliquidated subsidies to rural utilities

By Adam J. Ang – October 25, 2020 | 6:27 pm from Business World THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) violated its own policy of halting subsidies to rural utilities with a backlog of unliquidated previous funding, the chairman of the […]