January 29, 2018

Review of ‘pass-on costs’ in electric bills pushed

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 28, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With escalating consumer agitation over incessantly increasing electricity rates, the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) will instigate a review and possibly rewrite the policy on “pass-on mechanism” […]
January 29, 2018

Solar PHL challenges price offer of First NatGas Power

By Lenie Lectura – January 28, 2018 from Business Mirror SOLAR Philippines challenged the price offer of First NatGas Power Corp. to supply the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) from the Lopez-led firm’s San Gabriel 414-megawatt (MW) gas power plant. The […]
January 22, 2018

TRAIN taxes to hike off-grid power rates by P1.74/kWh

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 21, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Consumers in off-grid areas, including tourism-drawing islands and far-flung areas, will suffer a punitive tariff hike of P1.74 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on the rates to be passed […]
January 17, 2018

ERC leadership vacuum heightens blackout probability in summer

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 16, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With 5,493.38 megawatts being forced out of the electricity system because of lacking licenses to operate and supply contracts, the country will be in for unwanted brownouts […]