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...
Proposals to amend the much-maligned Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) are beginning to snowball in the House of Representatives. This, after House Deputy Majority Leader Quezon City 5th district Rep. Patrick Michael “PM” Vargas filed House Bill No. 10306, which sought to tweak the...
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...
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...
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...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a bill that seeks to remove the value-added tax (VAT) on systems loss charges. Hontiveros noted that the VAT on systems loss charges are currently being passed on to electricity consumers’ monthly bills—a “double burden” on top of the “already absurd”...
