Credit to Author: Jordeene B. Lagare| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:29:10 +0000
CONSUMERS can expect to pay less for electricity soon after the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approved a lower feed-in tariff allowance (FiT-All) that is used to subsidize renewable energy (RE) developers. In a statement on Tuesday, the power regulator said it authorized the National Transmission Corp. (TransCo) to collect a 2019 FiT-All rate of P0.0495 […]
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 01:42:14 +0000
Murang Kuryente on Thursday joined a mobilization of consumers calling on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to include end users of electricity in discussions on the competitive selection process (CSP).
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 21:17:52 +0000
ILOILO CITY, Philippines — With a new franchise holder still without power distribution assets, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has granted the Panay Electric Co. (Peco) a provisional permit to continue distributing power in Iloilo City to avert disruption of power supply.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 23:22:16 +0000
Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao on Friday warned Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chair Agnes Devanadera of more graft cases if she approved seven allegedly questionable power supply contracts pending at the commission.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:03:29 +0000
MANILA – Groups under the Power for People (P4P Coalition) have urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to immediately cancel the seven power supply agreements (PSAs) of Meralco which have been pending with the ERC for two years.
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A consumer advocacy group welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) to allow the group to question at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) several power supply agreements (PSAs) entered into by the country’s leading power distributor with companies believed to have links with it.
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Some concerned government agencies and private entities have opposed the proposal to abolish the Energy Regulatory Commission but a consumer group backed House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s proposal to scrap the agency.
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Lawmakers on Monday said President Rodrigo Duterte should fire the four commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) who were suspended by the Office the Ombudsman for the second time in six months due to alleged misuse of bill deposits.
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Lawmakers have dared the four commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to resign after the Ombudsman suspended them for the second time in six months.
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The order of the Office of the Ombudsman to suspend again the four commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for neglect of duty bolsters the earlier findings of a House probe that “ERC commissioners are colluding with Meralco to the detriment of consumers,” Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said in a statement issued on Monday.
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