Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and US-founded Amber Kinetics is trailblazing the deployment of long-duration flywheel energy storage system (FESS) to help reinforce the efficiency and reliability of Meralco’s power distribution network, even with targeted high scale...
Panay Energy Development Corporation (PEDC) submitted the ‘lowest bid’ in a competitive selection process (CSP) carried out by power utility giant Manila Electric Company on Friday, Nov. 19, for its procurement of additional 70-megawatt supply. According to the third party bids and awards...
Tony Bishop Globetrotting Tony Bishop will take the place of former NBA player Shabazz Muhammad as Meralco’s import for the season-ending PBA Governors’ Cup, coach Norman Black confirmed Sunday, Nov. 21. Black said Muhammad, who once played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, had to beg off at the...
In its continuing support to the government and private sector’s fight against COVID-19, Meralco installed a new primary metering facility connecting the privately-owned Quirino Memorial Medical Center to the utility’s distribution line. This project also involved the retirement of three (3)...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has been extending "cost-saving solutions" primarily to its business customers to trim their electric bills as they strive to bounce back from the financial wreck of the niggling coronavirus pandemic. According to Meralco Vice President and Head...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and prime township developer Megaworld Corporation have cemented partnership for the installation of a new power substation at the bustling McKinley Hill in Taguig City. The new power substation that will reinforce electricity distribution...
Customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will need to shell out higher budget for their electric bills this month as the utility firm’s residential rate had gone up by P0.3256 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to P9.4630 per kWh from P9.1374 per kWh. According to Meralco, for residential consumers in...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be contracting at least 1,500 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) capacity to form part of its supply portfolio that will be utilized in servicing its more than seven million customers. According to Meralco President and CEO Ray C. Espinosa,...
The Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (QCDRRMC) announced that some areas in four barangays will experience scheduled power interruptions starting Wednesday, Nov. 10. The interruptions are due line maintenance works that will be conducted by Manila Electric Company...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is accelerating its rollout of more electric vehicles (EV) fleet as it targets to deploy 70 more vehicle in the months ahead. Via its Green Mobility Program, the company is building up its EV portfolio and it will be advancing that from its...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) reported that it already resolved more than 71,900 "bill shock" complaints that electricity end-users experienced at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic or around summertime last year. The ‘bill shock’ stemmed from relatively ‘high electric bills’...
Customer payments in the digital platform of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) significantly climbed by 161 percent to P60.3 billion as of end-September this year, versus a leaner P50.6 billion in a comparable period. In particular, Bayad, which is the payment service arm of...