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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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The Philippine Energy Plan (PEP) will likewise re-frame the network expansion as well as the scale of investments that transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines and the distribution utilities/electric cooperatives shall pursue in the short- to medium and long-term ambits.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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The National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms Inc. is asking the Energy Department to investigate the alleged collection of “unreasonable fees” by the administrator of the National Electrification Administration.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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When something goes wrong, weak leaders play the “blame game” to avoid responsibility. Meralco President and Chief Executive Officer Ray Espinosa did a class act last week when he apologized to the public for the inconvenience brought about by the confusing electricity bills during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and other parts of the country. He could have chosen to explain how the “bill shock” came about and deflect most of the blame.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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“We appeal to the government authorities in charge of long-term planning to adopt a more holistic approach to power development, so that the needs of the grid as a whole will be better coordinated, and power plant locations will be more strategic,” NGCP said.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) said electrification of the remaining target sitios for the year may not be met as it remitted a total of P1.3 billion to the Bureau of the Treasury to help government efforts in fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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With the issuance of Executive Order No. 116 by President Rodrigo Duterte, the Department of Energy (DOE) said it can now concretize the pathway for the country’s revived nuclear power ambitions.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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A good friend and a major player in cell site construction—whose company has built almost all the tower requirements of both Globe and Philippine Long Distance Telephone, and has also done business overseas—told BusinessWisethat, without red tape, it only takes two years for a single tower to be put up. But in the Philippines, where bureaucratic red tape rules, it takes forever. He says prolonged license tenders and corruption in local government weigh down the rollout of essential infrastructure that will improve nationwide Internet connectivity.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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“We need to look into these consumers’ allegations… we required Meralco to submit to us data or information for us to validate the accuracy of their billing calculations,” the Inquirer further quoted Devanadera.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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“This proposal only proves that the real target of the franchise rejection was the Lopez family. They wanted the Lopezes out  – to the detriment of 11,000 workers and millions of Filipinos relying on the broadcast services of ABS-CBN,” Atienza said in a phone interview.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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Ang tinutukoy ni Deputy Speaker Marcoleta na Zoom meeting ay ginanap noong Hulyo 17, Biyernes, kung saan pinag-usapan nila nina Deputy Majority Leader Jesus Crispin Remulla, AnaKalusugan Party-list Representative Mike Defensor, at former ABS-CBN cameraman Journalie Payonan ang mga susunod na hakbang laban sa ABS-CBN matapos patayin ng Kongreso ang prangkisa ng TV network.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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The fall of ABS-CBN illustrates how a motivated Congress can achieve so much. That motivation should be in the bureaucracy, most importantly, by the justice system. And the first and most immediate action that all must understand is that the pandemic also gives us the opportunity to rethink and even change perhaps those institutions that obstruct development.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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Kawawa naman ang ABS CBN😢😢
Michael Defensor: Kung ano
Dante Marcoleta: Yung titulo yung unahin natin.
Boying Remulla: Oo yung lupa oo oo dapat munang maimbestigahan iyan oo.
Michael Defensor: Di ako kasi kung Dan sorry ah kaya kaya ko inuuna tong sa sa mga workers takeover kasi kung magkakaisa yung mga manggagawa, ang unyon, ang supervisors, ipetition sila ipetition nila ang presidente, ang NTC at payagan sila, bukas gawin nila yung ano yung kanilang mga pagpapatakbo ng abs-cbn. Ngayon ang problema yung mismong equipment kasi hindi kanila equipment sa corporation pa ng abs-cbn edi ukupahan sila atleast doon.
Dante Marcoleta: Para makuha ng makuha natin kaagad yun kasi kung yung prinsipal yung lupa wala silang may maibubuhat dun lahat ng mga chattels doon, improvements ay pag aari na ng gobyerno yun sapagkat ang lupa ay sa gobyerno.
Michael Defensor: Oho.
Dante Marcoleta: Yung lupa, lahat nung accessories so pagtinake over yun o madali silang makakapag programa dun.
Michael Defensor: Tama
Boying Remulla: Guys, guys
Journalie f. payonan: Sige po. Sige po.
Boying Remulla: Uhm ah i think that we have to meet next week yung grupo natin tsaka yung mga Chairman ng committee para lahat ng follow through action natin magawa natin kasi marami pa tayo nakabitin na dapat gawin para ma we can do justice to our jobs kasi pag di natin tinapos to sayang naman yung mga dapat natin...
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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The new operator of the wholesale electricity spot market (WESM) earned P322,140,496 in three months from paid-up capital of P7,000. It paid only P324,587 income tax. The huge collections were made from electricity users without consent of the Energy Regulatory Commission. The operator is a virtual monopoly prohibited by the Plunder Act.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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SPEAKER Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday afternoon urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to shape up and take pro-people actions that would serve consumers’ interest from big companies under its regulatory power.
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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The ERC said the audit reinforcement it will be needing from COA, in particular, is to verify “whether the Meralco refunds have been fully returned or credited to its customers’ accounts.”
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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joiedonacruz-blog · 4 years
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Perez deliberately failed to mention that Transco privatization was also an ADB (Asian Development Bank) conditionality for issuing a partial guarantee to NPC (National Power Corp.) through bond floatation which was needed for its 2004 operating expenses.
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