Sen. Erwin Tulfo on Thursday, Aug. 20, questioned whether power companies had sufficiently invested in modernizing their facilities, arguing that consumers should not bear the cost of system losses resulting from outdated infrastructure. During a Senate Committee on Energy hearing, Tulfo said...
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is ramping up infrastructure investments and cracking down on illegal connections as part of its multi-pronged strategy to drive down system losses that drive up consumer electricity bills. In a statement on Sunday, Aug. 16, Larry Fernandez, Meralco head of utility...
V, one of the popular members of K-pop supergroup BTS, reportedly revealed during a livestream that he has been experiencing hearing loss in one ear. According to Yonhap News Agency , whose real name is Kim Tae-hyung, shared the news during a livestream session with fellow BTS member Jungkook on...
Senator Mark Villar is seeking to exempt electricity system loss charges from the 12 percent Value-Added Tax (VAT), arguing that consumers should not have to pay taxes on power they did not actually use. Villar filed Senate Bill No. 2392, which proposes amending Section 109 of the National...
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima has filed two measures seeking to reduce electricity costs by prohibiting non-technical system loss charges on electric bills and exempting system loss from value-added tax (VAT). In filing House Bill No. 10677 or the "Non-Technical System...
PHILRECA Party-list Rep. Presley de Jesus has placed the onus on the Department of Energy (DOE) to end its habit of allowing generation companies to build power plants wherever they choose. This, as De Jesus cited in a recent House Committee on Energy hearing that strategic siting near existing...
House members sought clarification on the highly technical nature of system loss on Wednesday, Aug. 6 as the Committee on Energy held its first hearing to discuss issues and concerns surrounding the proposed abolition of system loss charges from electricity bills. Pangasinan 2nd district Rep. Mark...
The Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers of the Philippines (IIEE) is demanding a formal role in the ongoing review of the country’s landmark power legislation, arguing that a quarter-century of regulation must be updated to align with modern engineering standards while safeguarding...
Top leaders from the House of Representatives have filed a measure seeking to exempt electricity consumers from paying the 12 percent Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the much-panned system loss charges. Filed by Senior Deputy Speaker South Cotabato Cotabato 2nd district Rep. Ferdinand Hernandez and...
Consumers and lawmakers cheered the SONA pledge to scrap system loss charges as if Christmas had come early with a gift-wrapped power discount. But electricity has a wicked sense of humor: erase the line item today, and the cost may quietly return tomorrow wearing a different name. After all, no...
The House leadership has filed its version of the measure that would finally get rid of the unreasonable systems loss charges from electricity bills--which is one of President Marcos ' marching orders in his latest State of the Nation Address (SONA). The proposed House Bill (HB) No. 10430 or...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, August 2 expressed confidence that the measure seeking to remove system loss charges, as well as the value-added tax (VAT), from electricity bills would be approved before Christmas or the end of this year. “I can actually see the legislation moving...
