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[Summary] => The National Power Corp. (Napocor) has sought approval from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to increase its basic rate by 36.85 centavos per kilowatt-hour.
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[Summary] => With the summer heat reaching its peak, our coffee shop friends cannot but turn the subject matter to the cost of cooling down homes and offices. That topic, of course, leads to the issue of cost of electricity which is what determines whether or not we can afford a more bearable summer heat.
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[Title] => Napocor’s TOU
[Summary] => Our coffee shop gang did recently join me in another round of caffeine-loaded dissection of the question "Is cheaper electricity supply possible?," noting that this column has been passionate about the issue of skyrocketing power rates.
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[Title] => ERC defends time-of-use electricity billing mechanism
[Summary] => The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has assured that the time-of-use (TOU) electricity billing mechanism is beneficial to all consumers.
ERC chairman Rodolfo B. Albano issued statement to enlighten electricity consumers on the use of TOU amid complaints the new scheme will jack up electric bills.
The TOU, Albano said, was designed to approximate the true cost of producing electricity at different times of the day.
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[Title] => Time-of-use pricing scheme to boost Meralco finances considerably
[Summary] => The finances of the country’s biggest power distributor, the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), will improve considerably once it applies its time-of-use (TOU) electricity pricing scheme.
The TOU pricing scheme is similar to the same pricing method telephone companies and Internet service providers are using: higher rates are charged at daytime when usage is high and lower rates prevail at night when usage is lower.
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[Summary] => Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is seeking a higher time-of-use (TOU) pricing scheme compared to that approved for the state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor).
Meralco buys 40 to 50 percent of its power requirements from Napocor while the rest is supplied by its own independent power producers (IPPs) owned by its affiliates, First Gas and Quezon Power.
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The power firm’s TOU program is a billing system which encourages end-users to shift their electricity utilization towards the "off-peak" hours, when power rates are at their cheapest.
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[Summary] => The National Power Corp. (Napocor) has sought approval from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to increase its basic rate by 36.85 centavos per kilowatt-hour.
[DatePublished] => 2008-07-18 00:00:00
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[Summary] => Our coffee shop gang did recently join me in another round of caffeine-loaded dissection of the question "Is cheaper electricity supply possible?," noting that this column has been passionate about the issue of skyrocketing power rates.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134315
[Focus] => 0
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[Summary] => The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has assured that the time-of-use (TOU) electricity billing mechanism is beneficial to all consumers.
ERC chairman Rodolfo B. Albano issued statement to enlighten electricity consumers on the use of TOU amid complaints the new scheme will jack up electric bills.
The TOU, Albano said, was designed to approximate the true cost of producing electricity at different times of the day.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula
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[Summary] => The finances of the country’s biggest power distributor, the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), will improve considerably once it applies its time-of-use (TOU) electricity pricing scheme.
The TOU pricing scheme is similar to the same pricing method telephone companies and Internet service providers are using: higher rates are charged at daytime when usage is high and lower rates prevail at night when usage is lower.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[Summary] => Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is seeking a higher time-of-use (TOU) pricing scheme compared to that approved for the state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor).
Meralco buys 40 to 50 percent of its power requirements from Napocor while the rest is supplied by its own independent power producers (IPPs) owned by its affiliates, First Gas and Quezon Power.
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[Summary] => State-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) has reported that about 29 of its bulk-power customers were able to save more than P164 million in their electricity bills as a result of Time-Of-Use (TOU) scheme.
The power firm’s TOU program is a billing system which encourages end-users to shift their electricity utilization towards the "off-peak" hours, when power rates are at their cheapest.
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November 30, 2005 - 12:00am
