There had been downtrend in overall electricity tariffs for traded capacities in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), and that had been attributed partly by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to the entry of new capacities from the renewable energy (RE) sector. “It appears that the...
Baguio City lone district Rep. Mark Go (Facebook) A congressman has appealed to oil companies to bring down their fuel prices in Baguio, as he noted that the high fuel prices haven taken its a toll on consumers. In a House Committee on Energy...
(Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has floated possible ways the government can "compromise" in order to alleviate the impact of surging local fuel prices. This, as Romualdez announced the conduct of a...
House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) "Moderate your greed." This was House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo's message to local oil companies after he learned that another round of pump...
(Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) High electricity rates and steadily rising fuel prices have been a perennial headache for Filipinos. For this reason, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte filed in the current 19th Congress House...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday asked US President Joe Biden to use his country's clout to control rising prices of fuel. At the 10th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-US Summit here, Marcos appealed to Biden to take advantage of his country's...
Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera has called on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to offer more refunds and rebates to consumers, on top of the long-sought unbundling of fuel prices. “If there are any more refund or rebate...
President Duterte’s press secretary assured the public on Tuesday, June 7, that the government has put in place mechanisms that will address the inflation rate which grew to 5.4 percent last month and the skyrocketing prices of fuel in the country. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar. (Malacañang...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has underscored anew the Philippines' potential to become a major player in the wind power sector. Bangui windmills in Ilocos Norte (Photo from Wikimedia Commons) "We have the potential to be a major wind power producer in the world. Our unique topography is...
All government agencies, including local government units (LGUs), should comply with the mandatory energy efficiency and conservation measures in anticipation of a tight power supply in Luzon and Visayas grids ahead of the dry months. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said all government agencies should...
EDITORS DESK Iñigo S. Roces If Filipinos were hesitant to adopt electrified vehicles in the past, the recent hemming and hawing of fuel prices at high levels are certainly an impetus now. Electrified vehicles were designed to wean us off of fossil fuels by extracting power from electricity rather...
To further conserve fuel amid skyrocketing pump prices, President Duterte urged the public to just take mass transit services, particularly trains. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ako pa sa inyo (If I were you), you better learn or practice now to ride itong mga MRT, LRT (the Metro...
