+ Follow Electricity Tag
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[Title] => Power spot prices highest in 20 years
[Summary] => Electricity spot prices in the Visayas and Mindanao surged to nearly P20 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in August, hitting the highest levels recorded in the spot market’s 20-year history.
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[Title] => Probe sought on reserve power charges billed to Visayas consumers amid recurring red alerts
[Summary] => A resolution has been filed in Congress calling for an investigation into what Visayas electricity consumers are paying for ancillary services, the reserve power that keeps the grid stable, and whether those reserves were actually delivered during the outages that hit the region this year.
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[Title] => Robin, Imee halata kung para kanino
[Summary] => Kumalat ang meme: si Senator-Judge Robin Padilla raw ay parang system loss ng electricity provider. Panay umano ang bayad mo maski wala kang pakinabang.
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[Title] => Gov. Pam meeting energy players
[Summary] => As power shortages continue to trigger rotational brownouts across Cebu, Governor Pamela Baricuatro is bringing energy players to the table on Friday, September 4, in a bid to find immediate and long-term solutions to the province’s growing power concerns.
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[Title] => Kapitolyo nagtinguha nga masolusyonan ang problema sa suplay sa kuryente
[Summary] => Gusto na ni Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro ang dali ug dugay’ng solusyon sa problema sa suplay sa kuryente sa Cebu samtang nagpadayon ang rotational brownouts sa pipila ka lugar tungod sa kakulang sa available nga power supply.
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[Title] => Surambaw sa kuryente
[Summary] => Panahon na aron batokan sa mga konsumidor sa Sugbo, Kabisay-an ug tibuok nasud ang surambaw nga pagduma sa industriya sa kuryente.
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[AuthorName] => Leo Lastimosa
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[Title] => Plant outages put Visayas, Mindanao grids under 9-hour red alerts
[Summary] => Available power supply is projected to fall below peak demand in both grids.
[DatePublished] => 2026-09-03 10:04:00
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[Title] => Sky-high power bills push Pinoys to go solar
[Summary] => For many Filipino families living from paycheck to paycheck, the electricity bill arrives as a monthly reminder of just how expensive it has become to live decently in the Philippines.
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[Title] => Focus on ancillary!
[Summary] => After all the brouhaha over systems losses being blamed for rising electricity bills, the best that our government can do is to offer to remove the 12 percent VAT on systems losses. That’s peanuts. Our government can certainly do more.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-31 00:00:00
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[Title] => Sending the wrong signal
[Summary] => We have a law that penalizes pilferage, or stealing electricity, but the practice largely remains unchecked.
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[Title] => Power spot prices highest in 20 years
[Summary] => Electricity spot prices in the Visayas and Mindanao surged to nearly P20 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in August, hitting the highest levels recorded in the spot market’s 20-year history.
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[Title] => Probe sought on reserve power charges billed to Visayas consumers amid recurring red alerts
[Summary] => A resolution has been filed in Congress calling for an investigation into what Visayas electricity consumers are paying for ancillary services, the reserve power that keeps the grid stable, and whether those reserves were actually delivered during the outages that hit the region this year.
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[Title] => Robin, Imee halata kung para kanino
[Summary] => Kumalat ang meme: si Senator-Judge Robin Padilla raw ay parang system loss ng electricity provider. Panay umano ang bayad mo maski wala kang pakinabang.
[DatePublished] => 2026-09-08 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
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[Title] => Gov. Pam meeting energy players
[Summary] => As power shortages continue to trigger rotational brownouts across Cebu, Governor Pamela Baricuatro is bringing energy players to the table on Friday, September 4, in a bid to find immediate and long-term solutions to the province’s growing power concerns.
[DatePublished] => 2026-09-04 00:00:00
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[Title] => Kapitolyo nagtinguha nga masolusyonan ang problema sa suplay sa kuryente
[Summary] => Gusto na ni Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro ang dali ug dugay’ng solusyon sa problema sa suplay sa kuryente sa Cebu samtang nagpadayon ang rotational brownouts sa pipila ka lugar tungod sa kakulang sa available nga power supply.
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[Title] => Surambaw sa kuryente
[Summary] => Panahon na aron batokan sa mga konsumidor sa Sugbo, Kabisay-an ug tibuok nasud ang surambaw nga pagduma sa industriya sa kuryente.
[DatePublished] => 2026-09-04 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Leo Lastimosa
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[Title] => Plant outages put Visayas, Mindanao grids under 9-hour red alerts
[Summary] => Available power supply is projected to fall below peak demand in both grids.
[DatePublished] => 2026-09-03 10:04:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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[Title] => Sky-high power bills push Pinoys to go solar
[Summary] => For many Filipino families living from paycheck to paycheck, the electricity bill arrives as a monthly reminder of just how expensive it has become to live decently in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2026-09-01 00:00:00
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[Title] => Focus on ancillary!
[Summary] => After all the brouhaha over systems losses being blamed for rising electricity bills, the best that our government can do is to offer to remove the 12 percent VAT on systems losses. That’s peanuts. Our government can certainly do more.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-31 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 136475
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1804837
[AuthorName] => Boo Chanco
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[Title] => Sending the wrong signal
[Summary] => We have a law that penalizes pilferage, or stealing electricity, but the practice largely remains unchecked.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134315
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1805465
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