The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has ramped up its upgrading and maintenance activities to strengthen and improve the resiliency of its electrical facilities against possible storms that could hit the country as the rainy season begins.

Meralco 'ready' for rainy season

When El Nino was very much around, the sporadic blackouts and power outages were blamed to high cost of fuel, low dam levels to run the hydroelectric power plants amid a surging demand caused by the unbearable heat forcing residents to turn all electric fans and air-conditioning units.

PH's misguided energy policy

A consumer’s group has assailed a resolution of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) establishing its methodology for calculating power rates, saying that this new system has already inflicted a burden on consumers. 

NASECORE: ERC’s new ‘pricing system’ puts burden on consumers

Thousands houses in barangays still without electricity

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique — To address the pressing needs of many households still without electricity, barangay captains appealed for the approval of the province's P1.07-billion Supplemental Budget (SB No. 1) that includes crucial allocations for streetlights and home solar energization projects. 

Setback On Street Lights, Solar Energy Plans

Calling the bill decoupling the franchise of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) as counterproductive and unsettling to the business community, the leader of the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) has asked the House to stop this move, as it would stall business expansion and discourage investors from coming into the country.

Decoupling Meralco franchise unsettles businesses

ILOILO CITY residents got a nasty surprise in their May 2024 electric bills – a sharp rise in electricity rates. Why the spike? Blame it on the soaring generation costs at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM).

Why Your Electric Bill Skyrocketed

The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has ramped up its campaign against what it called a “worrying” trend of electric meters being stolen.

Meralco steps up fight vs. meter theft

A prominent consumer and energy advocate has denounced the House of Representatives' recent vote to extend the 25-year franchise of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco).

'Shameless': Consumer advocate decries extension of Meralco franchise

“The flaw in the procedure observed by the Commission in arriving at the questioned Decision in this case (the AWAT Decision) painfully resulted in an outcome that is riddled with legal infirmities and, most tragically, shrouded in regulatory mystery. By denying and dismissing the various Motions for Reconsideration in this instant Order, the majority of the members of this present Commission (hereinafter, the “Majority”) not only denied the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) the opportunity provided by law to administrative agencies to correct mistakes, but also deprived electricity consumers of MERALCO (as well as other private distribution utilities or PDUs) their legally –protected right to transparent and reasonable pricing that can only result from the conduct of a full and proper evaluation and validation process. In this instance, the Majority has effectively ruled that this right of the consumers can be sacrificed at the altar of expediency.”


Meralco’s AWAT True-Up Debacle

Singapore-based company Vena Energy is set to invest a minimum of PHP19 billion to expand its wind energy initiatives in the Philippines, specifically at a 304-megawatt (MW) wind farm straddling the Northern Samar and Samar provinces. 

Vena Energy to Invest P19 B in Wind Farm Expansion in the Philippines

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