HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng When the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year and the NCR went under ECQ (and subsequently, GCQ), I sympathized with MERALCO and it’s pronouncement to put a moratorium on their disconnecting customers with overdue, unpaid bills....
As Metro Manilans and residents in the NCR-plus bubble settled into another fortnight of general community quarantine (GCQ), they as well as those in the rest of Luzon from the Ilocos region to Bicolandia were greeted by rotational brownouts that are expected everyday during the first week of...
Top management changes are being firmed up to be enforced by the end of this month at the Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen), the power generation arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), according to highly placed sources. Jaime T. Azurin, president of Global Business Power Corporation, an...
Breach of ‘outage allowance’ The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) had served summons to at least 17 power generation companies (GenCos) “to explain the unplanned outages that breached the maximum allowable unplanned outage days per year.” In a statement to the media, the ERC emphasized...
Former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay blasted concerned government agencies for their failure to plan ahead of the shortage in electricity supply which caused rotational brownouts. On Tuesday (June 1), Meralco announced that there will be rotational brownouts for about two hours in the...
WESM electricity prices rise In the midst of a pandemic that the government is struggling to fully address efficiently, Filipino consumers are being slapped with added burdens of persistent rotating brownouts that may last until June 7 this year, plus unwarranted spikes in electricity prices that...
As Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi has his attention on the sizzling political tension at the administration’s political party PDP-Laban, the power grid of Luzon grid made its own scene as it plunged Filipino consumers into brownouts while they are being inconvenienced with extremely hot summer...
Photo from PBA Meralco headed back to Manila Sunday, May 30, after completing a training bubble in Ilocos Norte that lasted for two weeks. The Bolts posted a team photo outside of the Fort Ilocandia Resort in Laoag where they stayed after every practice session at the Centennial Arena....
With the triple impact of increasing demand due to scorching weather as well as wider economic reopening, relentless outages in power plants and restriction of gas fuel from the Malampaya field, consumers will need to brace for higher electric bills again in their June bills. According to Manila...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will be re-imposing convenience fee (CF) for online payments of its customers using its Meralco Online and Mobile App, but this will come at a reduced rate of P15 starting June 1 this year. In an advisory sent to customers, the company...
The restricted gas output of the Malampaya field since March this year has reduced overall electricity generation in the country by more than 400 megawatts, according to Manila Electric Company. Meralco Vice President Lawrence S. Fernandez conveyed that the slowdown in production from the field...
With the easing of quarantine restrictions, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has formally apprised customers that it will already resume service disconnections to those that have unpaid bills. Nevertheless, the company qualified that it would still “extend compassionate...
