Could this be a case of “better to laugh with the sinners than weep with the saints?” Too bad for consumers—no laughter here, only swelling bills and bitter tears! Back in November 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) slammed the door on the ₱5.2-billion rate hike plea of SMC Global...
The uptrend in the tariff of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in its July billing will strain its customers’ household budgets, but a survey of selected power utilities in various parts of the country would show that its rate hike is still leaner versus peer-distribution firms. Meralco announced...
ILOILO CITY – Electric consumers in this city have to pay an additional P4.0817 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in the July billing cycle. A LINEMAN of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Lone power distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) announced that...
By MYRNA M. VELASCO The roughly 8.0 million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will suffer ‘electric shock’ from its P2.1496 per kilowatt hour (kWh) hefty rate hike in the July billing, which were triggered by uptick in the generation charge with high exposure in the Wholesale...
DAVAO CITY – An additional increase in electricity rate may be implemented within the franchise area of the Aboitiz-led Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC) starting this month due to the effect of El the Niño phenomenon. Fermin Edillon, head of the Reputation Enhancement Department of DLPC, said...
ILOILO CITY – This city’s power distributor, MORE Power, has imposed P1.02 per kilowatt hour rate increase this month. A LINEMAN of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) MORE Power said residential consumers will pay P11.3263 per kWh for their May 18 to...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The provincial government has filed a petition before the Energy Regulatory Commission opposing the move of the National Power Corp. to increase electricity rates in areas outside the main Luzon grid by as much as 36 percent. In a seven-page petition, the...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) announced a reduction in the power rate for residential customers in this province this month. In an advisory, INEC said the residential power rate is down to P11.5517 per kilowatt hour (kWh) inclusive of Value-Added...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), this city’s sole electricity distributor, has implemented another power rate increase, the second in three months. A MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) line man at work in Iloilo City. (MORE Power) MORE Power announced on Friday,...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate urged Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to reconsider its decision to impose another power rate hike, the sixth this year, saying that it is ill-timed as Filipinos are still reeling from the devastating effects of the COVID-19...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, Sept. 14 called on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and power companies to suspend any planned electricity rate increases until the Senate Committee on Energy is done with its investigation into the rotational power outages last May and June. Hontiveros...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Sunday, August 15 decried the audacity at which the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) warned of future increases in electricity rates if it continues to contract suppliers for larger power reserves. Hontiveros said she is wondering how the NGCP is bold...
