A group of Camarines Sur solons are batting for the imposition of a "carbon tax" on the use of electricity (CTE) as a way to raise extra funds for climate action initiatives. (Kelly Sikkema/ Unsplash) One of them, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, said such landmark tax can help the...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is developing its new substation in Kawit, Cavite that will support industrial expansion and other burgeoning economic activities in the area. The power firm has collaborated with First Orient International Ventures Corporation (FOIVC) for the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. welcomed the P18-billion 440-megawatt (MW) peak Isabela Solar Power Project, seen to boost the administration's renewable energy thrust and local job generation. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Communications...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is confident that the launching of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao will prop up investments and economic activity in the region that would eventually translate to more jobs. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has vowed to implement measures that will lessen the cost of electricity in the country, which is described as one of the most expensive in Asia. One of the measures being eyed is the continuity of lifeline rate subsidy as among the programs that is seen as an...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, November 14 said the government should make sure that marginalized consumers are the actual beneficiaries of the law granting electricity lifeline rate subsidy. Gatchalian, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, made the call following the recent...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has asked the House Committee on Ways and Means chairman to study the possibility of removing the 12 percent value-added tax (VAT) component of public utilities, especially electricity. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda This was revealed by the committee...
The House of Representatives formed during it plenary session on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 9 the Special Committee on Nuclear Energy. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senior Deputy Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos made the motion to create the new...
Senators are seeking an investigation into the alleged poor service and high power cost exacted on consumers by electric cooperatives in Mindanao and other parts of the country. They also agreed that it is high time to review the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001, including the...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla said Thursday, July 28 that now is the time to start efforts to harness nuclear and renewable energy to address the perennial problem of power shortages. Padilla said it would take a lot of time and finances to plan the location and operation of power plants,...
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) launched three new research and instructional laboratories located at the Dante de Padua Building on June 21. (UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS) The new laboratories are the UPLB Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes-Research...
The “over-taxation” in the electricity sector is being urged to be stopped finally in the next administration and a proposed legislation scrapping value added tax (VAT) on electricity rates will be lodged when the next Congress resumes. "We need to stop this over-taxation of consumers of...
