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 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:38:40 +0000
MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) will raise its rates by P0.4717 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in November, a month after implementing a slight adjustment. In a statement on Thursday, Meralco said the adjustment brings overall prices to P9.5579 per kWh this month from P9.0862 per kWh in October. Households that consume 200 kWh will have an […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 08:54:31 +0000
MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) will raise electricity rates by P0.0448 per kilowatt hour (kWh) this October, a month after decreasing rates. This means the cost of electricity will go up to P9.0862 per…READ
Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 08:12:46 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that would reduce the cost of electricity in the country. Duterte signed Republic Act 11371, or the “Murang Kuryente Act,” on August 8. But a copy of the new law was shared with the media only on Tuesday, August 13. The new law […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 05:13:46 +0000
CONSUMERS will get a relief this month as the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will reduce rates by P0.2728 per kilowatt hour (kWh) for May. This brings overall electricity rates to P10.2866…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:18:35 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Militant group Bayan Muna on Friday blasted the “impending” power rate increase due to plant shutdowns and stressed that power plant operators should shoulder the costs.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 07:00:56 +0000
LISTED power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) announced on Thursday that it would raise its rates this month by P0.0894 per kilowatt hour (kWh), the second upward adjustment for the year….READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: kgabaldon| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:41:44 +0000
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, 8th January 2019 – To start the new year, the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) announced today that overall electricity rates decreased to P9.8385 per kWh this month from last month’s P10.1803 per kWh. The downward adjustment of P0.3418 per kWh will mean a decrease of around P68 in the total bill of a typical household consuming […]
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A member of the House of Representatives on Monday asked the government to pursue the implementation of the retail competition and open access (RCOA) policy
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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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