Residents will see a P0.23 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) increase in their electricity bills this month due to higher generation charges, Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said yesterday. The overall bill for April is...
The Luzon grid was put on red alert yesterday after earthquakes that hit Batangas over the weekend caused power facilities to trip. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the...
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is set to launch its Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project this year as part of its effort to transform its distribution network into a smart grid. The power...
Electricity bills of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)’s customers will go up by P0.66 per kilowatt hour (kWh), bringing the overall rate to P9.67 per kWh, the power distributor said. This month’s increase...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)’s proposal to stagger the impending rate hike this month caused by the maintenance shutdown of the Malampaya gas facility last month. However,...
Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is looking into a technical partnership with a distribution utility (DU) in Nigeria, its top official said. “There’s another distribution utility in Nigeria who asked us to be...
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is in talks with Densan System Co. Ltd. for a minority stake in CIS Bayad Center, Meralco’s over-the-counter bills collection-payment center. “So we’ve been talking w buy...
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) recorded a P19.58 billion core net income in 2016, up four percent from the previous year. Meralco chief finance officer Betty Siy-Yap said that the company’s core net...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is set to decide on Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) petition to stagger the P0.92 per kilowatt-hour rate increase caused by the 20-day Malampaya maintenance. “We know the...
Meralco announced that the average household electricity charge will increase up to P9.00 per kWh after coming from January’s all-time low rate of P8.09. The rate adjustment is mainly due to the...
