The Commission on Audit (COA) has affirmed its notice of disallowance (ND) on the P4 million paid by the province of Iloilo for "excessive" electricity consumption from December 2009 to April 2010. However, the COA granted the petitions of two provincial officials to exdlude them from liability in...
Consumers will still feel the deepest financial pain triggered by surging electricity rates due to simultaneous plant outages in the past two weeks, but the Department of Energy (DOE) is urging the distribution utilities (DUs) to tap palliative interest-bearing loan from the Land Bank of the...
With high anticipation that electric bills will drastically spike during the summer months, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) sounded off this early that it will prod the private distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) on staggered billing on the resulting radical rate...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered suspension of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) - but only after two weeks from the incursion of yellow and red alerts in the Luzon and Visayas grids, hence, consumers are being warned of forthcoming bill shocks. Referencing on data...
The Marcos Administration will roll out next month the Lifeline Rate program, which aims to benefit qualified low-income households to help them pay their electricity bills, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. Meralco The Lifeline Rate is a subsidized rate given to...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has debuted its "digital toolbox" in addressing consumer complaints as well as industry concerns, but industry stakeholders are wishing that the feedback mechanism and response system will not be as slow as the internet connectivity in the Philippines. Via its...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has enjoined the public to join the Department of Energy (DOE)'s Electric Bill Challenge and win "fun prizes" by the end of April. "Sumali na sa Electric Bill Challenge ng Department of Energy (DOE) at sama-sama tayong magtipid ng kuryente (Join the DOE's...
SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya -- A social media post of a customer having a P6 million bill on his electricity bill went viral on Friday, for which the concerned electric cooperative had earned manifold criticisms from the netizens. Contributed photo by consumer A member-consumer of barangay San Juan...
