October 14, 2018

‘Most expensive electricity’

Philippine Daily Inquirer – 05:12 AM October 12, 2018 Opinion – inquirer.net You could not be more correct in the editorial, “For cheaper electricity” (10/1/18). Filipinos indeed suffer from the most expensive cost of power in Asia, if not in […]
July 10, 2017

Meralco 20-year supply deals hit

July 06, 2017 08:25 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer It is “unacceptable” to let the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and its power suppliers dictate the electricity rates that their consumers would be paying for up to 20 years, a militant party-list […]
July 7, 2017

Meralco denies ‘midnight power deals’ with ERC

By Marc Jayson Cayabyab – July 04, 2017 07:11 PM from Philippine Daily Inquirer The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on Tuesday denied allegations that it obtained favored power supply deals from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) which was accused of granting “midnight deals” to the […]
November 25, 2016

Duterte threatens to abolish ERC, if execs won’t quit

By FRINSTON LIM AND DAXIM L. LUCAS – November 25, 2016, 04:13 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer DAVAO CITY—President Duterte has lashed out at officials of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for refusing to resign following allegations of corruption and threatened to […]