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Cusi stops P8/kwh power rate in poor areas planned by Napocor

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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 10:38:17 +0000

Cusi stops P8/kwh power rate in poor areas planned by Napocor

Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi had stopped a planned increase in power generation charge  that would bring power rates in some of the country’s remotest and poorest areas to more than P8 per kilowatt hour. In a statement, Cusi ordered the Napocor to put the plan on hold. Cusi, instead, asked the Napocor to find ways […]

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ERC grants Peco provisional permit to supply Iloilo power

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 21:17:52 +0000

ILOILO CITY, Philippines — With a new franchise holder still without power distribution assets, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has granted the Panay Electric Co. (Peco) a provisional permit to continue distributing power in Iloilo City to avert disruption of power supply.

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ERC to penalize errant power firms amid Luzon brownouts

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 08:24:57 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Thursday assured that power generation companies that violated their contracts in terms of power outages will be penalized amid the recent brownouts in Luzon.

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Makabayan warns of graft rap if coal deals OK’d

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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 23:22:16 +0000

Makabayan warns of graft rap if coal deals OK’d

Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao on Friday warned Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chair Agnes Devanadera of more graft cases if she approved seven allegedly questionable power supply contracts pending at the commission.

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Hope seen for consumers to set power rates

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A consumer advocacy group welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) to allow the group to question at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) several power supply agreements (PSAs) entered into by the country’s leading power distributor with companies believed to have links with it.

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ERC commissioner resigns for ‘health reasons’

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ONE of four commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) resigned for “health reasons,” the agency said. Geronimo Sta. Ana’s resignation was effective on September 15, ERC spokesperson Florensinda Digal…READ MORE

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ERC abolition: Some gov’t agencies, private groups favor it, others don’t

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Some concerned government agencies and private entities have opposed the proposal to abolish the Energy Regulatory Commission but a consumer group backed House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s proposal to scrap the agency.

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Solons want Duterte to fire four ERC commissioners

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Lawmakers on Monday said President Rodrigo Duterte should fire the four commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) who were suspended by the Office the Ombudsman for the second time in six months due to alleged misuse of bill deposits.

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4 ERC officials petition CA to nullify suspension order from Ombudsman

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Four commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Monday asked the Court of Appeals to nullify the three-month suspension order imposed on them by the Office of the Ombudsman.

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