The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered a nationwide temporary suspension of power disconnections to preserve electricity access during a declared State of National Energy Emergency and shielding consumers from immediate service cuts. In a newly issued advisory, the country’s energy...
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s largest power distributor, saw its first-quarter profit growth drift lower as unseasonably cool weather and global geopolitical tensions stifled energy demand. In a media briefing on Monday, May 4, Betty C. Siy-Yap, Meralco senior vice president and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to abolish the collection of bill deposits by distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) in a bid to alleviate the burden of residential power consumers reeling from high electricity rates. In filing Senate Bill No. 1470 or...