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30¢ power rate cut to start August

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | June 27, 2001 - 12:00am

The 30-centavo-per-kilowatt hour power reduction rate as provided for under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or Republic Act 9136 will be implemed starting Aug. 26, the newly-created Energy Regulatory Commission...

Business

30¢ power rate cut to start August

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | June 27, 2001 - 12:00am

The 30-centavo-per-kilowatt hour power reduction rate as provided for under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or Republic Act 9136 will be implemented starting Aug. 26, the newly-created Energy Regulatory Commission...

Business

ERB may grant Meralco rate increase

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | January 19, 2001 - 12:00am

The Energy Regulatory Board (ERB) said yesterday that it is willing to grant the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) an increase if the latter can establish the urgency for such an increase. "If they establish urgency,...

Business

ERB okays Batangas power rate increase

December 31, 2000 - 12:00am

Ruling that electric cooperatives must be "self-sufficient and less dependent on loans," the Energy Regulatory Board (ERB) has allowed the Batangas II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Batelec II) to collect...

Nation