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Senator Win Gatchalian is urging distribution utilities to fast-track their digital transformation to deliver enhanced customer experience, particularly in payment systems. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, made the statement as he highlighted during the Energy and Sustainable Development Webinar, organized by the Ateneo School of Government, the importance of digitalization in relation […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is calling on the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to incentivize customers who are moving into online transactions. Meralco initially waived the P47 convenience fee during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) but the largest distribution utility in the country has recently announced that it will resume collecting the said fee from consumers who […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the country’s largest distribution utility, to come up with a separate bill that is more transparent and will be very clear to the consumers, following mounting complaints of a sudden surge in supposed electricity consumption for the month of May. During a recent Joint Congressional Energy Commission […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to issue a fresh advisory that will help clear the confusion on high electricity bills amid numerous complaints, especially from areas that are now under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). During a recent Committee of the Whole hearing, Gatchalian […]
A large-scale health and safety initiative of the Department Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Philippine Arena, MVP Group of Companies, and Villar Group was completed Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in a bid to isolate and provide optimal medical care against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Secretary Mark A. Villar said that the three big tents at […]
Senator Win Gatchalian said the government needs to come up with a solution to ease the burden of Filipino households, whose electricity bills are expected to pile up after a month of reprieve especially that the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) has been extended to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Gatchalian expressed concern […]
“Metro Manila is still under a water supply crisis, do we now also have a power crisis?” Rep. Winnie Castelo posed this question after successive days that parts of Metro Manila were subjected to a number of hours of power loss that started Wednesday, April 10. Castelo heads the Metro Manila Development Committee in the […]