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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has welcomed the signing into law of the Murang Kuryente Act and the Anti-Obstruction of Power Lines Act. President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11371, or the Murang Kuryente Act, on August 8 seeking to allocate the government’s net share from the P208-billion Malampaya Fund to settle the debts […]
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law the “Murang Kuryente Act,” which seeks to lower the country’s electricity rates. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on energy, said the newly-signed law would ease the burden of Filipino consumers in paying their electricity bills once the government’s share of the Malampaya fund […]
The House of Representatives has ratified the proposed “Murang Kuryente” Act which seeks to reduce electricity rates by allocating the net government share from the Malampaya fund to clear the huge debts of the National Power Corporation (Napocor) being charged to the monthly electric bill of consumers. Under the consolidated version of House Bill 8869 […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for a bill that will spur microgrid development in unserved and underserved areas nationwide as the government targets a 100% household electrification level by 2022. Gatchalian, chair of Senate Committee on Energy, recently filed Senate Bill No. 2218, otherwise known as the “Microgrid Systems Act,” in a bid to provide […]
The “Murang Kuryente” bill that was approved by the bicameral conference committee will cut down the cost of electricity without exhausting the government’s financial resources, a lawmaker at the House of Representatives has said. Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco, a member of the bicam panel that approved the measure, pointed out that the bill is […]
The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill authorizing the use of the P207 billion Malampaya Fund to pay off the stranded contract costs and stranded debt of the National Power Corporation (Napocor). With the approval of Senate Bill No. 1950 (SBN 1950) or the Murang Kuryente Act, Senator Win Gatchalian said […]
Two of the largest electric cooperative (EC) groups in the country said on Wednesday that the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp or PSALM “must be made to explain its ballooning debts” that have a direct bearing on renewed proposals to hike electricity prices. In a hearing before the Senate Energy Committee last Tuesday, […]