Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has completed P4.2 billion worth of capital expenditure (capex) projects in this year’s first quarter, with the bulk of P3.4 billion funneled to electric capital projects. The scale of the company’s capital outlay within that three-month...
The customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will need to earmark slightly higher budget for their electric bills this month, as the utility firm’s overall tariff had gone up by P0.1853 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to P8.5920 per kWh from the last billing cycle’s P8.4067 per kWh. For...
In its continuing support to the Government and Private Sector’s fight against COVID-19, Meralco recently energized the Tondo Health Center, a new COVID-19 vaccination center located along Juan Luna Street, Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila. The project involves the installation of a new 13-meter steel...
As weather temperatures rise, so as the electricity rates that consumers will be paying in their May billing cycle. Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) indicated there is high probability that power rates will increase this month due to confluence of factors – including...
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco)--the local power distribution giant that has been linked by environmentalists to coal--is apparently pivoting toward a "greener" future. (Photo by Karsten Wurth/ Unsplash) This was learned during a recent virtual forum on multi-sector integration of so-called...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is stretching anew its ‘no disconnection policy’ on its electricity services to consumers with unpaid bills – and that will be until May 14 or throughout the duration of the extended modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) within the...
Seen above is the recently commissioned METPARK 115 kiloVolt (kV) – 34.5 kV GIS substation located at Metropolitan Park in Roxas Boulevard corner EDSA Extension, Pasay City. The new substation will provide the additional capacity needed to serve the growing demand in the commercial business...
Jot down another victory for all the anti-coal advocates out there. Clean energy and consumers rights group Power for People Coalition (P4P) hailed on Wednesday, April 28 the cancellation of the 600-megawatt (MW) Subic coal plant project listed under Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. (RP Energy),...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is seeking the approval of the Department of Energy (DOE) for its “emergency procurement” of 220 to 260 megawatts of power capacity to augment electricity supply during the summer months. The company said for its proposed interim power...
The consolidated core net income of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) was still lower by 11-percent to P5.11 billion in the first quarter versus a heftier profitability of P5.724 billion in the same period last year pulled down by lower energy sales. Nevertheless, the power...
Coach Norman Black is impressed with the progress Kai Sotto has made since leaving for the United States but stressed that the 7-foot-3 youngster will need to do more if he hopes to fulfill his NBA dream. The Meralco Bolts mentor and member of the Gilas Pilipinas coaching staff said the...
Meralco coach Norman Black (PBA Images) Meralco coach Norman Black believes everything can still happen despite notions that the chase for the PBA Philippine Cup crown will be limited to a four-team contest between defending champion Barangay Ginebra, San Miguel Beer, Magnolia and TNT. “I think...
