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                    [Title] => Napocor cuts power rates
                    [Summary] => The National Power Corp. (Napocor) has been allowed to cut rates to reflect a stronger peso and lower power purchase cost.

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                    [Title] => TransCo eyes recovery of costs incurred from typhoon damages
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The National Transmission Corporation is now eyeing the approval of the Energy Regulatory Commission for its recovery of costs incurred from the damages of its transmission lines due to the typhoons that ravaged some parts of the country recently.


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                    [Title] => ERC denies proposing scheme to offset Meralco refund
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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has denied recommending to Manila Electric Co. a system of offsetting the cost of the firm’s   refund to customers.


"I did not suggest an offsetting (scheme)," ERC Chairman Rodolfo Albano said. "I think it was Meralco that suggested that."


Albano said the law states that utility companies may recover their losses from power generation costs only through the generation rate adjustment mechanism or GRAM. 


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                    [Title] => Cops closing in on Albano killers
                    [Summary] => Police said they have identified the mastermind behind the killing of Ilagan, Isabela Mayor Delfinito Albano, two days after he was gunned down by three masked men in a restaurant in Quezon City.


Chief Superintendent Nicasio Radovan, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director, said investigators are already building an airtight case against the suspect. He said those responsible will be identified in a later announcement.


Radovan said they identified the suspect through the possible motives in the killing. 


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                    [Title] => Meralco refund schedule approved
                    [Summary] => The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)’s petition for amendments to the fourth phase of its refund program to industrial and commercial customers.


The ERC’s approval will pave the way for the completion of Meralco’s P30-billion refund as mandated by the Supreme Court decision in 2003 as compensation for the company’s alleged overcharging.


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                    [Title] => ERC OKs Napocor power rate hike
                    [Summary] => The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) gave provisional approval yesterday for the National Power Corp. (Napocor) to increase its generation charge by an average of 97.98 centavos per kilowatthour starting Sept. 26. 


The new rate, which is 40 percent higher than the old one, is half of the P1.87 per kwh increase sought by Napocor. 


Under the ERC’s order, the rates will vary for each grid. In Luzon, the rate will go up by 48 percent or P1.23 per kwh; in the Visayas by 7.8 percent or 22.02 centavos, and in Mindanao by 15 percent or 26.65 centavos. 


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                    [Title] => Miriam, Gordon nagkainitan
                    [Summary] => Nagkainitan sina Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago at Richard Gordon sa isinagawang hearing ng Senado tungkol sa legalidad ng naging rate adjustment na 17 centavo/kwh ng Meralco.


Pinigilan ni Sen. Santiago, chairman ng Senate energy committee, si Sen. Gordon sa kanyang pagtatanong sa mga opisyal ng Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) upang mabigyan ng pagkakataon naman ang kinatawan ng Meralco na maibigay ang kanilang paliwanag hinggil sa 17 centavo rate adjustment.


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CHAIRMAN RODOLFO ALBANO

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"I did not suggest an offsetting (scheme)," ERC Chairman Rodolfo Albano said. "I think it was Meralco that suggested that."


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Chief Superintendent Nicasio Radovan, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director, said investigators are already building an airtight case against the suspect. He said those responsible will be identified in a later announcement.


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The ERC’s approval will pave the way for the completion of Meralco’s P30-billion refund as mandated by the Supreme Court decision in 2003 as compensation for the company’s alleged overcharging.


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                    [Summary] => The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) gave provisional approval yesterday for the National Power Corp. (Napocor) to increase its generation charge by an average of 97.98 centavos per kilowatthour starting Sept. 26. 


The new rate, which is 40 percent higher than the old one, is half of the P1.87 per kwh increase sought by Napocor. 


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                    [Summary] => Nagkainitan sina Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago at Richard Gordon sa isinagawang hearing ng Senado tungkol sa legalidad ng naging rate adjustment na 17 centavo/kwh ng Meralco.


Pinigilan ni Sen. Santiago, chairman ng Senate energy committee, si Sen. Gordon sa kanyang pagtatanong sa mga opisyal ng Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) upang mabigyan ng pagkakataon naman ang kinatawan ng Meralco na maibigay ang kanilang paliwanag hinggil sa 17 centavo rate adjustment.


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ERC seeks to limit systems loss charges

By Jess Diaz | May 23, 2008 - 12:00am

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is in the process of reviewing billions in so-called systems loss charges that the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and other distributors of electricity had been authorized to...

Headlines

Napocor cuts power rates

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | February 28, 2007 - 12:00am

The National Power Corp. (Napocor) has been allowed to cut rates to reflect a stronger peso and lower power purchase cost.

Headlines

TransCo eyes recovery of costs incurred from typhoon damages

December 14, 2006 - 12:00am

The National Transmission Corporation is now eyeing the approval of the Energy Regulatory Commission for its recovery of costs incurred from the damages of its transmission lines due to the typhoons that ravaged...

Cebu News

ERC denies proposing scheme to offset Meralco refund

By Ted P. Torres | November 5, 2006 - 12:00am

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has denied recommending to Manila Electric Co. a system of offsetting the cost of the firm’s refund to customers. "I did not suggest an offsetting (scheme),"...

Headlines

Cops closing in on Albano killers

By Perseus Echeminada | June 30, 2006 - 12:00am

Police said they have identified the mastermind behind the killing of Ilagan, Isabela Mayor Delfinito Albano, two days after he was gunned down by three masked men in a restaurant in Quezon City. Chief Superintendent...

Headlines

Meralco refund schedule approved

By Rocel Felix | July 12, 2005 - 12:00am

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved power distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)’s petition for amendments to the fourth phase of its refund program to industrial and commercial customers. The...

Headlines

ERC OKs Napocor power rate hike

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | September 5, 2004 - 12:00am

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) gave provisional approval yesterday for the National Power Corp. (Napocor) to increase its generation charge by an average of 97.98 centavos per kilowatthour starting Sept....

Headlines

Miriam, Gordon nagkainitan

September 2, 2004 - 12:00am

Nagkainitan sina Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago at Richard Gordon sa isinagawang hearing ng Senado tungkol sa legalidad ng naging rate adjustment na 17 centavo/kwh ng Meralco. Pinigilan ni Sen. Santiago, chairman...

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