True to his word, Navotas City lone Rep. Toby Tiangco refiled his long-standing measure seeking to remove systems loss charges from consumers ' monthly electricity bills. This was his direct response to President Marcos ' fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), which he delivered before...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Thursday pushed back against Meralco 's argument that eliminating non-technical system loss charges could lead to higher operating costs that may eventually be reflected in electricity rates, saying distribution utilities should absorb ordinary business losses instead of...
Malacañang said it is open to hearing all stakeholders as the government studies the proposed removal of the systems loss charge from consumers ' electricity bills, following President Marcos ' call to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA). Presidential Communications...
House Assistant Minority Leader Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal has filed a measure that would prevent distribution utilities (DU) from passing on system loss charges to its customers. House Bill (HB) No. 10357, was filed by Nazal on July 28, a day after President Marcos...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earned widespread public approval when he declared in his fifth State of the Nation Address that consumers should no longer pay the system loss charge on their electricity bills. His reasoning was straightforward. Electricity lost before it reaches homes and...
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan cautioned that removing system loss charges from electricity bills would place an unsustainable financial burden on the power industry, emphasizing that technical line losses are an unavoidable reality of power distribution. While the...
The House Committee on Energy committed to fast-track the legislative measures needes to implement President Marcos ' priority energy reforms aimed at reducing Filipinos ' electricity expenses, as stated in his recent State of the Nation Address (SONA). Thus, said committee chairman...
Ranking congressmen have expressed their full support for the legislative agenda set by President Marcos in his fifth and penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA), which coincided with the start of the second regular session. Camarines Sur Reps. Migz Villafuerte (5th distict) and Luigi...
House members from the majority and minority blocs have expressed equal parts elation and eagerness to respond to President Marcos call to remove the much-maligned systems loss charges on electricity bills. Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon, a member of the House Committee on Energy for the...
The House of Representatives led by Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III is ready to act on President Marcos ' legislative clarion call--particularly on tax relief and the removal of systems loss charge in electricity bills--as laid out in the latter 's fifth and penultimate State of the...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto perhaps best summed up President Marcos ' fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA): "Tamang timpla. Malaman at hindi bola-bola (Just the right mix. Substantive, not fluff).” In a statement on Monday evening, July 27, Recto said the President delivered "a fair...
President Marcos on Monday called on Congress to immediately amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), saying consumers should no longer shoulder systems loss charges in their electricity bills because these are not their responsibility. The announcement, made during his fifth State of...
