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Ignacio R. Bunye Today, March 8, marks International Women’s Day  and the whole of March is observed as International Women’s Month. This momentous occasion is a fitting opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements, to raise greater awareness and to lobby for accelerated women’s equality. In the Philippines, much has been achieved in terms of gender equality. We have elected two woman Presidents, President Corazon C. Aquino and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The latter is also the first and only woman to be elected as Speaker of the House. Leni Robredo is the second woman to bec...

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the announcement as some consumers got their power lines disconnected after the order for distribution utilities (DUs) to observe the no-disconnection policy expired on January 1. In his virtual presser on Thursday morning, Nograles said President Duterte “readily approved” the recommendation made by the DOE during their Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, January 3, to continue the no-disconnection policy for lifeliners. “In the Cabinet meeting yesterday, the Department of Energy recommended ...

ERC audits ECs on use of funds collected from consumers Danessa Rivera © STAR/ File ERC audits ECs on use of funds collected from consumers MANILA, Philippines — The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is auditing electric cooperatives (ECs) on their usage of funds collected from consumers. “We are duty-bound to promote and protect the consumers’ interest and the impending audit of the ECs’ Reinvestment Fund for Sustainable Capital Expenditures, or RFSC, will establish whether the ECs’ collection and disbursements thereof indeed benefitted the consumers,” ERC cha...

Press Release Gatchalian to ERC: Demand refund if Visayan Electric's charges are unjustifiable Senator Win Gatchalian said a refund should be in order if it will be proven that a violation has been committed by the Visayan Electric Company (VECO) because of its high cost of electricity. Gatchalian took note of the January 4, 2021 directive issued by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to VECO demanding an explanation on the high cost of electricity specifically citing that from January to October 2020, the power purchases made from Cebu Private Power Corp. (CPPC) averaged at Php35.3853 per...

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian(Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate energy committee, took note of the January 4, 2021 directive issued by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to VECO demanding an explanation on the high cost of electricity.  The directive cited that from January to October 2020, the power purchases made from Cebu Private Power Corp. (CPPC) averaged at P35.3853 per kilowatt hour (kWh), with generation rate spiking significantly high at P1,470.90 per kWh for the month of September last year.  “Kung mapapatunayan na hindi mak...